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Trump Knew Jan. 6 Protesters Were Armed, Aide Testifies

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Jan. 6, 2021, where they stormed the building and interrupted the electoral count, a former aide testified to Congress on Tuesday.Trump also demanded to go to the Capitol himself, according to the aide, Cassidy Hutchinson.

When the Secret Service drove him back to the White House instead, he became angry and tried to grab the steering wheel, she testified, using his free hand to try to grab a Secret Service agent by the neck.“I’m the effing president,” he said, according to her account. “Take me up to the Capitol now.”Hutchinson was a surprise witness called by the House select committee investigating the attack on the Capitol.

She gave her account of Trump’s comments on the day of the attack, as well as testimony about several warnings of potential violence in the days leading up it.

Hutchinson said she heard about Trump’s conduct in the car from Tony Ornato, then the White House deputy chief of staff. Hutchinson was a special assistant to Mark Meadows, the White House chief of staff.The committee played police dispatch audio from the scene of Trump’s speech at the Ellipse, in which officers warned that some of the demonstrators were carrying AR-15s.

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