Hutchinson says Trump knew Jan. 6 attendees had weapons: ‘They’re not here to hurt me’

Aide: Trump dismissed Jan. 6 threats, wanted to join crowd

By MARY CLARE JALONICK, FARNOUSH AMIRI, ERIC TUCKER and MICHAEL BALSAMOWASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump rebuffed his own security’s warnings about armed protesters in the Jan. 6 rally crowd and made desperate attempts to join his supporters as they marched to the Capitol, according to dramatic new testimony before the House committee investigating the 2021 insurrection.Cassidy Hutchinson, a little-known former White House aide, described an angry,…

Trump was told protesters had weapons on January 6, former aide says

Cassidy Hutchinson was giving evidence.

Former aide: Trump was told protesters had weapons on Jan. 6

Trump White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson said Donald Trump knew his supporters were carrying guns and weapons on Jan. 6 and intended to join them at the Capitol.

Donald Trump Knew US Capitol Rioters Were Armed, Scuffled With Bodyguard: Aide | 🌎 LatestLY

A former White House aide has told a US Congressional Committee that on January 6, 2021 former President Donald Trump had sent a mob of armed supporters to the US Capitol and had bodily scuffled with a Secret Service bodyguard who prevented him from joining the rampaging rioters. 🌎 Donald Trump Knew US Capitol Rioters Were Armed, Scuffled With Bodyguard: Aide.

Donald Trump 'desperately' 'wanted to walk into the House with an armed mob': Yale historian

The revelations from former Trump White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson are being called “bombshells” and, according to a former advisor to the U.S. House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack, a “cluster bomb.”

Top White House aide testifies Trump knew some Jan. 6 protestors were armed

During the Jan. 6 committee hearing Tuesday, Cassidy Hutchinson, a former aide to White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows presented the most compelling and detailed account yet of the actions of the former President Trump's inner circle. Andrea Bernstein, co-host of the "Will Be Wild" podcast, and Jamil Jaffer, a law professor at George Mason University, join Judy Woodruff to discuss.