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Trump tried to grab steering wheel to join Capitol rioters on Jan. 6, testifies witness

Cassidy Hutchinson, a former aide to Trump White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, testifies before the US House panel investigating the January 6th attack on the US Capitol on June 28, 2022 in Washington, DC. © Brandon Bell, Getty Images via AFP

Donald Trump tried to grab the steering wheel of his presidential limousine on January 6, 2021, when his security detail declined to take him to the U.S. Capitol where his supporters were rioting, a former aide testified on Tuesday.

The then-president dismissed concerns that some supporters gathered for his fiery speech outside the White House that day carried AR-15-style rifles, instead asking security to stop screening attendees with magnetometers so the crowd would look larger, the aide testified.

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