Cassidy Hutchinson (May): Meadows burned papers in his WH office fireplace after meeting Scott Perry

[kpete]

05/26/2022 02:08 PM EDT

Then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows burned papers in his office after meeting with a House Republican who was working to challenge the 2020 election, according to testimony the Jan. 6 select committee has heard from one of his former aides.

Cassidy Hutchinson, who worked under Meadows when he was former President Donald Trump’s chief of staff, told the panel investigating the Capitol attack that she saw Meadows incinerate documents after a meeting in his office with Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.). A person familiar with the testimony described it on condition of anonymity.


The Meadows-Perry meeting came in the weeks after Election Day 2020, as Trump and his allies searched for ways to reverse the election results.


It’s unclear whether Hutchinson told the committee which specific papers were burnt, and if federal records laws required the materials’ preservation. Meadows’ destruction of papers is a key focus for the select committee, and the person familiar with the testimony said investigators pressed Hutchinson for details about the issue for more than 90 minutes during a recent deposition.

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/05/26/meadows-burned-papers-meeting-scott-perry-00035411

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[Claustrum]

1. Thank you.

There are so many republicans involved it’s hard to kee up who and what they did.

[Botany]

2. Oh my. Harvard, the University of Deleware, Georgetown Law, and a blue stocking law firm.

Rep. Scott Perry, R-10th District, speaks Nov. 5 at a "Stop the Steal" rally seeking to overturn the 2020 election results. Perry played a significant role in the crisis that played out at the top of the Justice Department in January, when President Donald Trump considered firing the acting attorney general and replacing him with a subordinate who would be more willing to use the DOJ to undo the results of the election. (Gabriela Bhaskar/The New York Times file photo/Gabriela Bhaskar/The New York Times)

[Cracklin Charlie]

3. Meadows has flipped.

He has spilled his guts to save himself.

Wasn’t he videotaped in DC a week or so ago?

[crickets]

4. K&R for visibility.