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Martin Pengelly in Washington

House Republicans’ report contradicts witness account of Trump’s wheel-grab

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Cassidy Hutchinson, former White House aide to Mark Meadows, at the Principles First conference in Washington DC on 24 February 2024. Photograph: Nathan Posner/REX/Shutterstock

US House Republicans on Monday released a report they said contradicted sensational January 6 committee testimony in which a former aide to Donald Trump described being told that as the attack on Congress unfolded, the then president was so eager to join supporters at the Capitol he tried to grab the wheel of his car.

“The testimony of … four White House employees directly contradicts claims made by Cassidy Hutchinson and by the select committee in the final report,” read the report by the House administration subcommittee on oversight, which searched for alleged bias or malpractice in the January 6 investigation.

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