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Grand jury declines to indict former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson, source says

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A federal grand jury has decided not to indict former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson, who testified before a congressional panel investigating the January 6, 2021 Capitol attack. The Trump administration's Justice Department had been looking into whether Hutchinson provided false testimony; she maintains her statements were truthful. Political experts have warned about efforts to target critics and opponents of the Trump administration.

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A federal grand jury declined to indict Cassidy Hutchinson, a former aide to President Donald Trump, after the Justice Department sought criminal charges over her testimony before the House Select Committee investigating the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. The decision came despite allegations that she lied under oath in her testimony about Trump's actions and behavior during the insurrection. Hutchinson had testified that Trump was determined to go to the Capitol on January 6 and that a Secret Service official told her he grabbed for the steering wheel of the presidential limousine when refused entry. Republican lawmakers had previously accused Hutchinson of lying, but prosecutors failed to secure an indictment based on her statements.

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A federal grand jury has declined to indict former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson who had provided testimony to a congressional panel that probed the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol by President Donald Trump's supporters, a source familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.

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Grand jury declines to indict former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson, source says · assertive framing

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Grand jury declines to indict former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson, source says asserted

source → decline → Hutchinson

source → decline → Tuesday

The Justice Department of the Trump administration has been investigating Hutchinson over whether she gave false testimony to the congressional panel. asserted

she → investigate → panel

Hutchinson has maintained that her testimony was truthful. asserted

testimony → maintain → ?

A second source said the grand jury weighing evidence in the case had been meeting Tuesday but did not know if the indictment had been rejected. asserted

indictment → say → case

A federal prosecutor told US Magistrate Judge Zia Faruqui during a court hearing that a grand jury in Washington had rejected an indictment but the prosecutor did not reveal in court the proposed defendant or charges. asserted

prosecutor → tell → defendant

Political experts have raised concerns about efforts by the Trump administration to target his critics and political opponents. asserted

experts → raise → critics

After weeks of Trump's false claims that he had won the 2020 elections, his supporters had stormed the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, in an unsuccessful attempt to prevent the congressional certification of those elections. uncertain

supporters → win → elections

Trump pardoned nearly everyone criminally charged with participating in the 2021 Capitol attack on his first day back in office for a second term in January 2025. asserted

Trump → pardon → January

Former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith and his team secured an indictment in 2023, accusing Trump of plotting to overturn his defeat in the 2020 election. asserted

Smith → secure → election

Smith dropped that and another case after Trump won the 2024 election, citing a Justice Department policy against prosecuting a sitting president. asserted

Trump → drop → president