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Hutchinson, key witness at Jan. 6 hearings, has book deal
A former White House aide to President Donald Trump who became a prominent congressional witness against him and his allies in the wake of the Jan. 6 siege of the U.S. Capitol has a book deal. Cassidy Hutchinson’s “Enough” will be released Sept. 26 by Simon & Schuster.
“With ‘Enough,’ she provides a riveting account of her extraordinary experiences as an idealistic young woman thrust into the middle of a national crisis,” according to the publisher’s announcement.
In testimony last year to the House Jan. 6 committee, Hutchinson recalled the Secret Service resisting Trump’s demands that he join the mob of supporters trying to disrupt congressional certification of Democrat Joe Biden’s electoral victory.
She alleged that members of Trump’s inner circle dangled job opportunities and financial assistance while she was cooperating with the committee. She also testified that her own lawyer – a former ethics counsel in the Trump White House – told her “the less you remember, the better.”
Michele remembers Monteith 10 years after his death
Lea Michele is remembering “Glee” costar and former flame Cory Monteith 10 years after his untimely death in 2013.
“Hey you. 10 years,” Michele wrote on Instagram, sharing a sweet black-andwhite photo of the two. “It feels like only yesterday that you were here and yet a million years ago all at the same time.”
Michele continued that she misses Monteith. “I hold all of our memories in my heart where they will stay safe and never forgotten,” she wrote. “We miss you every day and will never forget the light you brought to us all. I miss you big guy.”
Monteith was found dead at 31 at the Fairmont Pacific Rim hotel in Vancouver. Police expedited Monteith’s autopsy and toxicology report and the British Columbia coroner confirmed in its report that the “Glee” actor died of a mixed drug toxicity, involving heroin and alcohol.
Tate sues his accusers in human trafficking case
Controversial social media personality Andrew Tate and his brother are suing a Florida woman, saying she falsely accused them of imprisoning her in Romania, leading to their arrest there on human trafficking charges.
The widely followed former professional kickboxer and his brother, Tristan, are seeking at least $5 million in the lawsuit, which was filed in Palm Beach County against the woman, her parents, another woman who lived at the Tates’ Bucharest estate and a male friend of the woman.
The Tates say the five conspired to falsely accuse them of human trafficking and rape, costing them their freedom and millions of dollars in income from their lucrative social media, podcasting and business ventures. The lawsuit says the woman and her parents are residents of Palm Beach County, which is why it was filed there on Tuesday.