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Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, the vice-chair of the Jan. 6 committee, and her star witness, Cassidy Hutchinson, are facing a barrage of serious questions after last week’s testimony.
Hutchinson, a former aide to former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, testified before the committee and many of her allegations are being refuted as false.
A report reveals that Hutchinson went into hiding with her family and a security detail after her testimony, The New York Times reported.
At the hearing, Cheney showed a handwritten note that Hutchinson testified she wrote after Meadows told her to write down his dictation.
However, Eric Herschmannm, a former Trump White House lawyer, claims the note was written by him.
The Conservative Brief reported:
A spokesperson for Herschmann told ABC News, “The handwritten note that Cassidy Hutchinson testified was written by her was in fact written by Eric Herschmann on Jan. 6, 2021. All sources with direct knowledge and law enforcement have and will confirm that it was written by Mr. Herschmann.”
It’s doubtful that Hutchinson will be charged with lying to Congress under oath.
Nevertheless, U.S. Code sections 1621 of Title 18 stipulates that anyone who “willfully and contrary to such oath states or subscribes any material matter which he does not believe to be true” is guilty of perjury and shall be fined or imprisoned up to five years, or both.
Section 1001 stipulated that “whoever, in any matter within the jurisdiction of the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of the government of the United States, knowingly and willfully” falsifies or conceals information before a congressional committee may be fined or imprisoned up to five years.
The most shared part of her testimony comes from when she accused President Trump of grabbing for the steering wheel of the presidential limo, after he was told he could not go to the Capitol on January 6, 2020. It was also alleged from her testimony that Trump grabbed the throat of Secret Service agent Bobby Engel.
Shortly after her testimony, Engel said the incident never happened.
Cheney is standing by Hutchinson, despite most of her allegations being rebuked or disputed.
“She’s an incredibly brave young woman,” Cheney continued. “The committee is not going to stand by and watch her character be assassinated by anonymous sources and by men who are claiming executive privilege.”
President Trump shared on social media:
“I hardly know who this person, Cassidy Hutchinson, is, other than I heard very negative things about her (a total phony and ‘leaker’), and when she requested to go with certain others of the team to Florida after my having served a full term in office, I personally turned her request down,” Trump posted.
“Why did she want to go with us if she felt we were so terrible? I understand that she was very upset and angry that I didn’t want her to go, or be a member of the team. She is bad news!” Trump added.
