Ex-Aide’s Jan. 6 Testimony: Bombshell — or Baloney?
Cassidy Hutchinson gave powerful testimony, but was it all truthful (“Don cheered Capitol violence,” June 29)?
A good deal of her story was totally based on “hearsay” — someone telling her what they saw or heard. Usually such hearsay testimony is not permitted in a legal proceeding.
The real test is whether the person with direct knowledge of the event will be called to confirm or deny her story.
It’s been reported that the Secret Service agents have denied one of the incidents and are willing to testify. If they do, we’ll then know the true story. Harold Fishman
Manhattan
Former President Donald Trump is always deflecting the truth.
He said he hardly knows who Hutchinson is in one breath and then says she’s a phony and a leaker in the next. He’s a total disgrace to the presidency and the country.
Hopefully, he’ll be wearing an orange jumpsuit in the near future. It will be well-deserved. Hank DePerro
Manhattan
Hutchinson’s hearsay before the Jan. 6 committee is second-hand melodrama, likely highly exaggerated or fabricated out of whole cloth, designed for maximum smear potential.
Where are the eyewitnesses to Trump grabbing the steering wheel from a Secret Service driver? S. Silver
Manhattan
While working in the White House, Hutchinson probably thought she was in the company of real men until she realized they were just imitations, lacking in bravery, fearlessness, caring, “real” patriotism, truthfulness, strength and any other positive trait you can envision.
Hutchinson and Sen. Liz Cheney both showed all of us that they are the real thing — real women, who for years were surrounded by, for all intents and purposes, a version of a male akin to a cheap knock-off.
And if anyone can help these same guys find a spine that they can use, they would be most obliged. Bob Bascelli
Seaford
As I watched the testimony given by Hutchinson, I marveled at how she testified to secondand third-hand information.
She never witnessed the events, and yet it was reported and sworn to as fact. It’s hearsay information that even Judge Judy wouldn’t accept in her courtroom. J. Impreveduto
Naples, Fla.
We can now add Hutchinson to the relatively small number of honorable Republicans who have been willing to come forward to reveal their knowledge of the corruption and moral bankruptcy of Trump and many of those who served him.
Hutchinson was in a position to gain firsthand knowledge of a great deal of what took place in the Trump White House as the right-hand assistant to Chief of Staff Mark Meadows.
Hutchinson knew that by testifying before the Jan. 6 committee, she would be permanently burning bridges with Trump and his loyal associates, that she would be smeared as a liar and receive threats.
Despite the many downsides to testifying, she did so. Her testimony was gripping, compelling and entirely believable, given what we know about Trump.
Oren Spiegler Peters Township, Pa.
Following the testimony of Hutchinson, I have a feeling that those stubbornly persistent cries of “Trump 2024” will now be harder to find than a diploma from Trump University. Vin Morabito
Scranton, Pa.
First, Hutchinson was not in Trump’s car and is only repeating what someone told her.
Second, the agents who were in the car are willing to testify under oath that nothing she said happened.
And so what if he threw his food against the wall? Many people throw food against the wall when they are angry, myself included. What’s the big deal? Richard A. Ketay
Newark, NJ