Jan. 6 Committee not describing plans verifies Hutchinson claim Trump lunged at Secret Service agent
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Jan. 6 Committee members over the weekend said they would be willing to hear testimony from people who could refute parts of what Cassidy Hutchinson said last week.
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Hutchinson was describing what she said was a version of events former Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations Tony Ornato recounted to her after the fact on Jan. 6. Hutchinson said Ornato told her the incident happened after Trump exited his rally on the Ellipse and demanded to be taken to the Capitol, where Congress was certifying the presidential election results.
"The president reached up towards the front of the vehicle to grab at the steering wheel. [Secret Service agent Bobby] Engel grabbed his arm, said, ‘Sir, you need take your hand off the steering wheel. We’re going back to the West Wing. We're not going to the Capitol,'" Hutchinson said, citing Ornato. "Trump then used his free hand to lunge toward Bobby Engel. When Mr. Ornato had recounted this story to me, he motioned towards his clavicles."