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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Gustaf Kilander

Fears over lawmakers’ sexual texts to star Jan.6 witness being released may have stopped GOP subpoena: report

An aide to House Speaker Mike Johnson stepped in to advise Republicans against issuing a subpoena to former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson for fear that it might expose sexual texts lawmakers sent her, according to The Washington Post.

Hutchinson, a former Trump loyalist who worked for his chief of staff, gave sensational evidence to the congressional committee on the January 6 riot. She testified that Trump wanted to join his supporters marching on the Capitol, and she claimed that he believed – but did not care – that some of them were armed.

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