The Morning Dispatch: Surprise Witness Blows January 6 Investigation Wide Open

Ex-Trump aide gives an explosive behind the scenes look at the White House during the Capitol riot.

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  1. Scottfree

    I’m hoping that they catch up with him, at minimum to the extent of being disqualified for a 2024 run. I’m also hoping that Ms Hutchinson gets good security.

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    WKDawson

    He appears to have something like 10000 lives, and maybe as many as a million. Cats are only given 9. I don't know how many he has already used up, it must be a lot, but he always gets off scot free.

    If the model of ultimate reality is the Judeo-Christian one, then maybe he will pay for his sin when he has to tell his lies to God, who holds us all to account at the end of the age.

    Or maybe if the model of ultimate reality is the Buddhist/Hindu, then he might come back as a worm and get eaten (or a roach and crushed), though given the sorry state of his putrid soul, I'm not sure it does the bird (or the shoe) any good. Maybe he would be a bad worm (or roach), if that is possible, and have to sink down further.

    If the model is "this is it, science, and probability", well, ... ... then I fear we may just have to take it and even have to endure watching people fall all over themselves to bring this democracy down. It is far easier to destroy a system than build it up, but I guess we are all teenagers at heart and like to see things blow up.

    With people like that in the world, I can certainly understand why many of us, including myself, hope that there is divine justice somewhere working in the background. It is the only way that we can go on.

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    Hyrum C. Smith

    Romney’s family plan deserves discussion.

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  4. Monty Brown

    Hi, Don.

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  5. Todd

    I’m curious for the commenters here….

    Have you personally ever testified under oath?

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    John Kramer

    I'm not sure how anyone would be shocked by Hutchinson's testimony.

    Trump threw his dinner in a fit of pique? Trump's capacity for tantrums was constant news for 4 years.

    Trump wanted to go to the Capitol and make the riot worse? Trumps instinct is always to make things worse. He spoke repeatedly about how Jan 6 would be wild. He said in his own speech he wanted to go to the Capitol.

    Trumpworld uses mafia-style witness intimidation? Everything Trump does is done mafia-style. This is not a novel observation, but one that has been made constantly since before he even nominated. Even witness intimidation is not a novel aspect.

    Which bit is meant to be surprising?

    Sure Hutchinson's testimony is damning, but all it's really doing is saying that things are exactly as bad as they looked. With Trump, things are always as bad as they look. Indiscretion, and saying the quiet part out loud, is his brand.

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      Bada Bing

      Sure but it’s still surprising how many people went along.

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    Dona Dunsmore

    My question of the day is will Ron Johnson's staff drag him under the bus he threw them under or will someone else do it for them? That was a real profile in courage this morning.

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  8. James Angelichio

    This headline is misleading and violates The Dispatch’s promise not to engage in hot takes. Most of the testimony (especially the limousine part) is hearsay and appears to already have been at least partially refuted. This is the problem with McCarthy’s plan to not put any reasonable republicans on the committee. There is no real time push back. Even stipulating that everything she said is exactly as she remembers it, it doesn’t “blow the lid off” anything.

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    1. Todd

      Partially refuted by a Twitter promise? Come on man :)

      If those folks want to show up as she did and testify under oath, we can then judge for ourselves.

      Hearsay is used in many many cases. Not everything she said was hearsay. For example, she personally heard Trump say he wanted the effing mags taken down—despite being told the crowd was armed.

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        SandyG

        Agree.

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      2. James Angelichio

        It’s my understanding the USSS has offered to do just that but the committee didn’t call them to testify or talk to them about her testimony beforehand.

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        1. Todd

          They informally interviewed both of them.

          https://www.politico.com/news/2022/06/08/trump-raised-jan-6-capitol-appearance-secret-service-agent-select-panel-00038217

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          1. James Angelichio

            That’s different than asking them if her testimony was correct. They knew what she was going to say. Look, I’m no Trump supporter. Far from it. My original post was to express disappointment with The Dispatch for publishing such an incendiary headline. It’s exactly what they promised they wouldn’t do.

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    Jeanne A

    That’s what I’m afraid of.

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    BrettH

    I really hope Trump gets his comeuppance but who knows. That guy's been dodging the law his entire life.

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