government permission on an application to hold the Trump rally,” Jordan said. “The
government granted it and now the January 6 committee petitions them to ask them
questions about exercising their First Amendment right to assemble.”
“And why would they subpoena me? I didn’t do anything wrong — I talked to the
president,” Jordan said. “I talk to the president all the time. I just think that’s —
you know where I’m at on this commission — this is all about going after President
Trump. That seems obvious.”
“Everyone in the country sees this as a political operation. This is designed to get
after President Trump. Because they don’t want him to run again,” he added.
The Democrat-led Jan. 6 committee has imploded in recent weeks.
Wyoming GOP Rep. Liz Cheney, who serves as the vice-chair of the committee,
and her star witness, Cassidy Hutchinson, are facing serious questions following
her testimony.
Hutchinson, a former aide to ex-White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows,
testified before the committee during a special hearing and many of her allegations
against former President Donald Trump have been refuted as being outright lies.
At the hearing, Cheney displayed a handwritten note that Hutchinson testified
she wrote after Meadows handed her a note card and pen to take his dictation,
according to ABC News.
Eric Herschmann, a former Trump White House lawyer, claims the note was
written by him.
Hutchinson, testifying about the note, said, “That’s a note that I wrote at the
direction of the chief of staff on Jan. 6, likely around 3 o’clock.”
“And it’s written on the chief of staff note card, but that’s your handwriting,
Ms. Hutchinson?” Cheney then asked.
“That’s my handwriting,” Hutchinson answered.
A spokesperson for Herschmann told ABC News, “The handwritten note that
Cassidy Hutchinson testified was written by her was in fact written by Eric
Herschmann on Jan. 6, 2021. All sources with direct knowledge and law
enforcement have and will confirm that it was written by Mr. Herschmann.”
After Hutchinson’s testimony, many of her salacious claims were rebuffed by
those with the knowledge of what actually happened.
One of the most spectacular parts of her testimony came when she accused
Trump of grabbing for the steering wheel of the presidential limo after being
told that he could not go to the Capitol on January 6, 2020, and then grabbing
for the throat of Secret Service agent Bobby Engel.
But within hours of her testimony, Engel said that the incident she spoke of
never happened.
Engel, the agent who was driving the presidential SUV, and Trump security
official Tony Ornato both disputed Hutchin’s allegations and said they would
testify under oath that no agent was assaulted and Trump never lunged for
the steering wheel.
A third official, former Trump White House lawyer Eric Herschmann, disputed
Hutchinson’s claim that she wrote a note for Trump to read on January 6.
Herschmann said the note was written by him, not Hutchinson.
For her part, Cheney is standing by Hutchinson despite almost all of her allegations
being rebuked and disputed.
Cheney told ABC’s “This Week” host Jonathan Karl that she is “absolutely confident”
in Hutchinson’s testimony.
“She’s an incredibly brave young woman,” Cheney continued. “The committee is
not going to stand by and watch her character be assassinated by anonymous
sources andby men who are claiming executive privilege.”
For her part, Cheney is about to pay the price for her anti-Trump given crusade given being rebuked and disputed.
Cheney told ABC’s “This Week” host Jonathan Karl that she is “absolutely confident”
in Hutchinson’s testimony.
“She’s an incredibly brave young woman,” Cheney continued. “The committee is
not going to stand by and watch her character be assassinated by anonymous
sources andby men who are claiming executive privilege.”
a poll found that she’s down a whopping 30 points in her re-election bid in Wyoming
against Trump-endorsed Harriet Hageman.
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