DOJ Plans to Indict Cassidy Hutchinson for "Lying to Congress" — Weaponizing the Justice Department Against January 6 Witness

The Department of Justice's civil rights division plans to indict Cassidy Hutchinson, the former Trump aide whose sworn testimony to the January 6 Committee revealed that Trump tried to grab the steering wheel of his SUV to join supporters at the Capitol and did not want to return to the White House. The DOJ is charging her with lying to Congress — a stunning inversion in which the witness to the insurrection is prosecuted while the insurrectionists are pardoned. Hutchinson's testimony was among the most damning evidence against Trump: she testified that Trump knew his supporters were armed, that he tried to join them at the Capitol against Secret Service guidance, and that White House officials knew the potential for violence. The indictment is part of a pattern of retaliatory prosecutions against January 6 witnesses, investigators, and prosecutors.