An aide to House Speaker Mike Johnson urged his Republican colleagues not to subpoena Jan. 6 committee witness Cassidy Hutchinson to prevent the accidental release of sexually explicit texts sent to the 28-year-old by lawmakers .
The Washington Post first reported this the explosive allegations on Thursday, as the House Republican Party moves to resume an investigation into the Jan. 6 House committee at the urging of President Donald Trump.
Hutchinson’s Jan. 6 testimony was one of the most embarrassing for Trump — when she said she heard he threw a hissy fit at the Secret Service when they wouldn’t take him to the Capitol after his Ellipse rally.
She also vividly recalled Trump throwing his plate of food against the wall upon discovering Attorney General Bill Barr told the Associated Press that the DOJ found no cases of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election.
Hutchinson’s testimony was sought as the Republican Party’s investigation sought to find fault with the way former Republican Rep. Liz Cheney had handled the Democratic-led House investigation on January 6.
But in June, a Johnson aide warned aides to Republican Rep. Barry Loudermilk — who investigated the Jan. 6 investigation for Republicans and had publicly subpoenaed Hutchinson — that this could cause more trouble than it was worth.
That’s because there were fears that “sexual text messages from members attempting to perform sexual favors” would be publicly released, The Post reported.
In addition, a member of Johnson’s staff told Loudermilk aides that Hutchinson “could reveal potentially embarrassing information,” according to an email obtained by the newspaper.
An aide to House Speaker Mike Johnson urged his Republican colleagues not to subpoena Jan. 6 committee witness Cassidy Hutchinson to prevent the accidental release of sexually explicit texts sent to the 28-year-old by lawmakers
An aide to House Speaker Mike Johnsonn (pictured) sounded the alarm in June, according to the Washington Post, that if the January 6 special committee witness was subpoenaed, sexts from lawmakers could be exposed
It is unclear which members were behind the alleged sexts.
Hutchinson’s attorney provided a statement to The Post, but it did not confirm that she had received any lecherous messages.
Attorney Bill Jordan told the newspaper that Hutchinson had voluntarily cooperated with the Republican Party-led investigation.
Jordan also criticized the interim report released by Loudermilk in December, which accused Cheney of “secretly communicating with Hutchinson without the knowledge of Hutchinon’s attorney.”
‘Madam. Hutchinson has testified the truth and stands behind every word, despite the attempts of men in positions of power to attack her,” Jordan said.
On Wednesday, Johnson announced that Loudermilk’s investigation would continue into the Trump era.
A subcommittee was formed under the House Judiciary Committee, chaired by Trump’s longtime representative Jim Jordan, to continue the House Select Committee’s investigation on January 6.
On his way out, President Joe Biden pardoned members of the select committee, including Cheney and the other GOP member, former Rep. Adam Kinzinger.
Cassidy Hutchinson (right) swipes former Rep. Liz Cheney (left) after wrapping up her blockbuster testimony in June 2022. After the January 6 select committee concluded its investigation, Republicans launched an investigation into it, which will continue into the new Trump era
Trump has expressed anger over Biden’s pardon several times since returning to the White House on Monday.
He said he would leave it up to Congress to decide whether to investigate the pardon.
Johnson has expressed his willingness to do so.
On June 22, 2022, Hutchinson, an assistant to Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, gave eye-opening testimony about what she saw in Trump’s White House as the Republican attempted to overturn the 2020 election.
She recalled seeing “ketchup dripping down the wall” after Trump threw his lunch over Barr’s disappointment.
The parties involved have denied Hutchinson’s story that Trump jumped behind the wheel of his SUV after the Secret Service told him they would not take him to the U.S. Capitol after he told his supporters on the Ellipse on Jan. 6 that they would join them there. .
They went to the Capitol without him, attacked police officers and broke in.
Trump pardoned everyone involved in the riot earlier this week.