New details of Jan. 6 panel’s mystery messages emerge

Meadows is the particular person whose title was redacted in that slide. Contents of that ultimate deposition had been described to POLITICO, which couldn’t independently corroborate the id of the middleman or that Meadows directed any message be delivered to Hutchinson earlier than her second deposition.

The different slide the Capitol riot committee unveiled on the finish of its listening to with Hutchinson this week quoted an unnamed witness, now identified to be the previous Trump White House aide herself, describing a number of telephone calls she obtained from allies of the previous president.

“What they said to me is as long as I continue to be a team player, they know I’m on the right team,” the slide mentioned. “I’m doing the right thing. I’m protecting who I need to protect, you know, I’ll continue to stay in good graces in Trump World. And they have reminded me a couple of times that Trump does read transcripts.”

Ben Williamson, a spokesperson for Meadows, offered the next assertion to POLITICO: “No one from Meadows’ camp, himself or otherwise, has ever attempted to intimidate or shape Ms. Hutchinson’s testimony to the committee. Any phone call or message she is describing is at best deeply misleading.”

A lawyer for Hutchinson didn’t reply to a request for remark.

A spokesperson for the Jan. 6 committee declined to remark.

Cheney, throughout Tuesday’s blockbuster listening to with Hutchinson, prompt the messages broadcast had been efforts by Trump allies to dissuade key witnesses from coming ahead. Neither the sender nor the recipient of the messages had been revealed on the time.

“I think most Americans know that attempting to influence witnesses to testify untruthfully presents very serious concerns,” Cheney mentioned after presenting the messages. “We will be discussing these issues as a committee and carefully considering our next steps.”

In a post-hearing interview, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) described the messages as probably indicative of witness tampering.

“The vice chair released two different episodes of potential witness tampering, anonymously, for obvious reasons. We don’t want further intimidation of the same people,” Raskin informed The Washington Post. “But we want this to be a warning to the people who are doing it that they can’t do it. It is a crime and this committee is taking it very seriously.”

Hutchinson’s testimony on Tuesday has shed important new mild on former President Donald Trump’s actions within the lead-up to the Capitol siege and sparked important new leads for the choose committee’s investigation. During her time within the Trump White House, she labored straight beneath Meadows and was generally referred to as “the chief’s chief.”