Testimony from Cassidy Hutchinson to the January 6th Commission set lefty & anti-Trump Twitter on fire, but her statements are being disputed by people who were actually there on that day:
NEW: @SecretService spox Anthony Gugliemi tells me the agents in Trump’s presidential SUV are “available to testify under oath, responding to [Hutchinson’s] new allegations.” (1/2)
— Peter Alexander (@PeterAlexander) June 29, 2022
A source close to the Secret Service says both men dispute Trump grabbed the steering wheel or assaulted an agent. They do not deny that Trump was irate and demanded they drive to the Capitol. (2/2)
— Peter Alexander (@PeterAlexander) June 29, 2022
However, after Hutchinson’s testimony, the media immediately started reporting what was said without reminding readers that the “witness” didn’t actually witness anything firsthand:
As his supporters moved on to the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, an irate President Donald Trump tried to grab the steering wheel of the White House limousine when he was told he would not be taken to the Capitol, former aide Cassidy Hutchinson testified https://t.co/VF0lu3NWKp pic.twitter.com/qt3oFCvxFN
— Reuters (@Reuters) June 28, 2022
However, a possible media pivot has been spotted:
Journalists are now calling sworn testimony an "anecdote". Just amazing stuff. https://t.co/ApKGONv2FG
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) June 29, 2022
An under oath “anecdote” that will no doubt still be pushed by the J6 committee as fact:
What's so interesting about this anecdote is its the one anecdote that Hutchinson said she heard second hand. She didn't witness this incident — and said so. Interesting that the committee had her testify about that. https://t.co/vUxPwqnFuF
— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) June 29, 2022
The J6 Committee contains proven liars such as Rep. Adam Schiff, so “anecdotes” and/or flat-out lies will be welcomed as long as they contribute to the desired narrative.
So then… using hearsay as "evidence"? https://t.co/XyMxwv8TKP
— GadsdenGuy (@gadsden_guy) June 29, 2022
Because it's only about propaganda. Not about facts.
— Beers and Baseball (@BeersandBasebal) June 29, 2022
That kind of testimony would have never been allowed in any legal proceeding, but people running show trials have no such concerns because getting to the truth is not the goal.
Doesn’t “heard second hand” = hearsay? And if I’ve learned anything from Law and Order, it’s that hearsay is inadmissible.
— Keith Reeser (@kryrees) June 29, 2022
But show trials always allow hearsay.
Because it's only about propaganda. Not about facts.
— Beers and Baseball (@BeersandBasebal) June 29, 2022
The anecdotes are closing in!!!
— Beekman Cruger (@BeekmanCruger) June 29, 2022
“Walls” unavailable for comment.
That's because they don't care about the truth. They know it will "ring true" to people who hate President Trump. https://t.co/cApkIFzsZ7
— 𝘼𝙣𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙬 𝙈. (@zuldiras) June 29, 2022
Right. The January 6th Commission’s target audience is people like this:
Decades from now people will be asking each other, "Where were you when Cassidy Hutchinson testified?"
— George Conway🌻 (@gtconway3d) June 28, 2022
Narrator: People weren’t asking each other that even hours later.
Trump has called Hutchinson a “phony social climber who got caught.”
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