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Trump acknowledged his election loss to McCarthy before Jan. 6, Hutchinson testified
Source: Politico
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy told then-White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson in the days before Jan. 6, 2021, that Donald Trump had privately acknowledged losing the 2020 election, according to a newly disclosed interview Hutchinson gave to the Jan. 6 select committee.
In the Sept. 14 interview — her fifth as a witness for the select committee — Hutchinson described frequent calls with McCarthy in the run-up to the attack on the Capitol and said that he told her he was afraid then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows had not adequately prepared Trump to accept defeat.
“What’s Mark thinking?” Hutchinson recalled McCarthy telling her about Meadows in a conversation that took place sometime between Jan. 2 and Jan. 5. “He’s giving the president bad advice.”
Hutchinson said McCarthy had told her Trump would repeatedly acknowledge his loss in private but then almost immediately change his mind and say it was possible for him to remain in office. “I can only imagine that’s coming from Mark,” McCarthy said, per Hutchinson’s testimony. The select panel’s release of two Hutchinson interview transcripts from mid-September interviews came as it prepares to publish its final report in full, expected later Thursday.
In the Sept. 14 interview — her fifth as a witness for the select committee — Hutchinson described frequent calls with McCarthy in the run-up to the attack on the Capitol and said that he told her he was afraid then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows had not adequately prepared Trump to accept defeat.
“What’s Mark thinking?” Hutchinson recalled McCarthy telling her about Meadows in a conversation that took place sometime between Jan. 2 and Jan. 5. “He’s giving the president bad advice.”
Hutchinson said McCarthy had told her Trump would repeatedly acknowledge his loss in private but then almost immediately change his mind and say it was possible for him to remain in office. “I can only imagine that’s coming from Mark,” McCarthy said, per Hutchinson’s testimony. The select panel’s release of two Hutchinson interview transcripts from mid-September interviews came as it prepares to publish its final report in full, expected later Thursday.
Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2022/12/22/trump-election-mccarthy-jan-6-hutchinson-00075200
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