The parliamentary commission of inquiry on 6-January heard, Tuesday, June 28, Cassidy Hutchinson, who was assistant to Mark Meadows, the chief of staff of the president during the last months of his administration.
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“The beast” is the nickname of the official limousine of the American president. Donald Trump had just taken place in the back, on January 6, 2021, after going down from the platform in the Ellipse park, in the heart of Washington. At the microphone, he had haranged his supporters, repeated his lies on electoral fraud and called the crowd to walk on the Capitol, where the presidential results were to take place. “The beast” rumbled, ready to start. Donald Trump then intended to go before the Parliament, where the rioters already pushed the first police dams.
On board the armored vehicle was Robert Engel, the head of his close protection team. “It’s not secure. We go back to the White House,” said the latter. “I am the fucking president, take me to the Capitol!”, Retorted Trump, who leaned forward to the vehicle to seize the steering wheel. Robert Engel seized his arm, asking him to stop. With his free hand, the 45
Anthony Ornato, head of operations within the administration, was in the vehicle. Back at the White House, he will tell this episode to Cassidy Hutchinson, assistant to Mark Meadows, the chief of staff. Tuesday, June 28, this 25 -year -old young woman was the sole witness of the sixth public session of the commission of inquiry on the Capitole assault on January 6, 2021. She had already been heard four times, at behind closed doors. Of obvious, posed courage, specifies, this republican of conviction delivered a devastating narrative, not meeting it is true no contradiction or destabilizing question which would be out of the framework of the demonstration provided for by elected officials.
Through the media, the Secret Service, responsible for the protection of personalities, said on Tuesday evening that the driver and Robert Engel would be ready to deny any physical assault by the president. But this anecdotal argument on a moment reported by others, without dispute of the final destination favored by Donald Trump, does not instill doubt in the testimony of Cassidy Hutchinson. His words enter the story.
A twilight white house
But which one? The one, for sure, parliamentary commissions of inquiry, weakening the memory of the Watergate. That of American democracy, passed to a breath, a tweet, a steering wheel or a shot, of an implosion. That of Donald Trump’s drift at the end of the lie river, beyond good and evil, taking very consenting accomplices and hostages in his wake. Cassidy Hutchinson described a twilight white house with the efficiency reserved for modern television series. But no fiction could be as raw as its story.
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