Trump White House attorney disputes Cassidy Hutchinson's testimony about handwritten note, per ABC

[Hobo]

Former Trump White House lawyer Eric Herschmann is claiming that a handwritten note regarding a potential statement for then-President Donald Trump to release during the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol was written by him during a meeting at the White House that afternoon, and not by White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson, sources familiar with the matter tell ABC News.

Hobo

[intrepidity]

1. My reaction to seeing that note was

That looks like a guy's handwriting. I know, sexist, but I was surprised when she claimed it was hers.

[yardwork]

16. So you assume a witness under oath lied about it?

[obamanut2012]

19. My handwriting looks exactly like that

There is no such thing as a "guy's handwriting."

[MarineCombatEngineer]

22. What does a guy's handwriting look like?

My other driver, a woman, has the worse handwriting I've ever seen in my lifetime, but I get compliments on my handwriting on how easy it is to read.

Gender has absolutely zero to do with handwriting.

[JohnSJ]

2. The question is, are they talking about the same thing? I don't recall Hutchinson saying she wrote

the note for trump to release on the January 6 attack. Did I miss it?

The note I thought I saw was just two lines, it didn't look like a statement to me

I am thinking the two line note was given to her, and she was told to cross out the word "criminal" in the note, which is probably what she did. I don't know, but it sure doesn't change a damn thing

[yardwork]

17. She said under oath that it is her writing and she wrote it.

I don't understand why we would believe a Trumpster who is not under oath, who said something to a reporter, supposedly. The Trumpsters lie.

[fishwax]

25. not even the trumpster himself, but "sources familiar with the matter"

this isn't even Herschman going on the record with a reporter, let alone testifying under oath. No reason to take any of this seriously until he's willing to put skin in the game

[Mr.Bill]

3. They sure are going after her, aren't they?

They're scared about something. Very scared.

[Scrivener7]

13. Yup!

[Brother Buzz]

4. Does anyone have a photo of the note?

I saw it on the television, so it's around, but I can't find it now.

[demmiblue]

15. ...

[Baked Potato]

5. I believe the handwritten note. Nt

[blm]

6. She didn't say she wrote it.

[JohnSJ]

10. You are exactly right. I am viewing the recording of it, and she is explictly saying that she was

told to write the following note that was dictated to her, and to her knowledge it was never used.

"ANYONE WHO Entered the Capital without proper authority should leave immediately"

It looks to me that ABC is misrepresenting the whole thing

[dweller]

7. FFS

Bring in the handwriting analysts …

It was the fishmonger in the lady’s wardrobe with the lipstick on his fingernail scrawling on the Micky D’s receipt …

Deflect, deflect …

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[blogslug]

8. Here is a link to the ABC report

https://abcnews.go.com/US/trump-white-house-attorney-disputes-cassidy-hutchinsons-testimony/story?id=85898838

Here is the note:

[Princess Turandot]

11. The note was something that Mark Meadows had dictated to her..

It seems very unlikely that she wouldn't know her own damn handwriting. She would be dissembling under oath, in front of millions of people, about something that could be checked to within a reasonable degree of accuracy.

Here's what she said:

(via NPR)
LIZ CHENEY: Now let's look at just one example of what some senior advisers to the president were urging. Ms. Hutchinson, could you look at the exhibit that we're showing on the screen now? Have you seen this note before?

CASSIDY HUTCHINSON: That's a note that I wrote at the direction of the chief of staff on January 6th, likely around 3:00.

LIZ CHENEY: And it's written on a chief of staff note card, but that's your handwriting, Ms. Hutchinson?

CASSIDY HUTCHINSON: That's my handwriting.

LIZ CHENEY: And why did you write this note?

CASSIDY HUTCHINSON: The chief of staff was in a meeting with Eric Hirschman and potentially Mr. Philbin, and they had rushed out of the office fairly quickly. Mark had handed me the note card with one of his pens, and sort of dictating a statement for the president to potentially put out.

LIZ CHENEY: And — no, I'm sorry. Go ahead.

CASSIDY HUTCHINSON: That's Ok. There are two phrases on there, one illegal and then one without proper authority. The illegal phrase was the one that Mr. Meadows had dictated to me. Mr. Herschmann had chimed in and said also put without legal authority. There should have been a slash between the two phrases. It was an — an or if the president had opted to put one of those statements out. Evidently he didn't. Later that afternoon, Mark came back from the Oval Dining Room and put the palm card on my desk with illegally crossed out, but said we didn't need to take further action on that statement.

[MFM008]

12. it is vital for MAGAts

to discredit Ms. Hutchison ASAP.

[Samrob]

14. Committee needs to ask herschmann under oath if he dictated the note to Cassidy?

As I recall, she never claimed to be the originator of the message. She said it was dictated to her.

[JohnSJ]

18. I replayed my recording of that, and that is exact what she said

[MichMan]

20. If it was dictated to her, wouldn't that mean it was her handwriting?

Pretty simple to have a forensic handwriting analysis done by a couple different experts.

[indigovalley]

21. There are samples of Donald Trumps actual handwriting here

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-4177238/What-Donald-Trump-s-HANDWRITING-reveals-him.html

[MarineCombatEngineer]

23. These fucking idiots just don't seem to grasp the stupidity of attacking Ms. Hutchinson,

the more they attack her, the more credibility they add to her testimony.

[peggysue2]

24. These multiple attacks on Hutchinson's testimony indicate . . .

How withering and truly damaging her comments were when it comes to Trump's knowledge of the plan, his intent and personal involvement, and really indicts the entire WH crew and inner circle who knew and did little to stop the insanity.

People died on J6. Scores of police officers were injured, some gravely so. The Capitol was defiled and our democracy and rule of law viciously attacked.

Serious criminal liability. For all of them. Any wonder why they're squirming and screeching, trying their best to tear Hutchinson down?

Not really.

[edhopper]

26. Could more than one person have written notes about this

Seems that Hutchinson would not lie about her own hand writing.

[Patton French]

27. Red herring NT

[Hugin]

28. So what? TFG had the opportunity to be represented at the hearings and he declined.

No trying this in the court of public opinion, which is what they are trying to do with these missives.