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Sam Levine

DoJ seeks to charge ex-Trump aide who gave key testimony on January 6 attack

Cassidy Hutchinson raises her right hand while being sworn in at a hearing
Cassidy Hutchinson, a top aide to the former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, is sworn in in June 2022 by the committee investigating the Capitol attack. Photograph: Stefani Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images

Prosecutors in the justice department’s civil rights division are seeking criminal charges against Cassidy Hutchinson, a former top Trump White House aide who gave explosive testimony to the committee that investigated the US attack on the Capitol, according to a person familiar with the matter.

The potential charges involve lying to Congress, the person said.

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