Constitution
Cassidy Hutchinson – honey trap?
Where do the stories of unnamed lawmakers sexually harassing Cassidy Hutchinson come from? Must the American people believe them?
As the first full week of the Second Presidency of Donald J. Trump concludes, the hunt of the hunters continues. President Trump started it by nominating Kash Patel to direct the FBI. Now Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.), Speaker of the House, is making his own contribution. Republicans will seat their own Select Committee to investigate the January 6 Event and the false “spin” of it to produce acts tantamount to bills of attainder. Knowing this, someone has started a nasty rumor about Cassidy Hutchinson, the original “star witness,” and certain House Republicans. This rumor has them launching the oldest and most disgusting kind of personal attack men can launch against women. Whoever is spreading this rumor, is clearly getting desperate – on behalf of the Deep State.
Nature of the Cassidy Hutchinson rumor
The rumor arrives courtesy of The Washington Post. According to it, certain “lawmakers”sent sexually explicit text messages to Cassidy Hutchinson, and asked for, or demanded, sexual favors. Knowing this, one of Speaker Johnson’s aides urged Republicans – last year – not to issue a subpoena to Ms. Hutchinson.Kyle Griffin, Executive Producer of The Weekend at MSNBC, shared the WaPo article on his X account:
BREAKING WaPo: An aide to Mike Johnson advised Republicans against subpoenaing Cassidy Hutchinson as part of their investigation into the Jan. 6 to prevent the release of sexually explicit texts that lawmakers sent her, according to written correspondence reviewed by The Post and a person familiar with the effort.
BREAKING WaPo:
An aide to Mike Johnson advised Republicans against subpoenaing Cassidy Hutchinson as part of their investigation into the Jan. 6 to prevent the release of sexually explicit texts that lawmakers sent her, according to written correspondence reviewed by The Post…— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) January 23, 2025
This article names no names, nor committees, State affiliations, etc. Only such similarly leftist publications like Rolling Stone have picked it up uncritically. Christina Laila of The Gateway Pundit has a decidedly critical article.
Rep. William Timmons (R-S.C.) did urge fellow Republicans to issue subpoenas – to actual Members of the January 6 Committee.
🚨NEW: Rep. William Timmons (R-SC) says pardoned J6 Select Committee members should “expect a subpoena soon.”
“Buckle up, because we’re going to get to the bottom of the nonsense select committee for January 6th.
“There’s a reason that everybody on that committee was pardoned. It’s because they were not telling the truth. … They embellish, they lie, and we’re going to show them exactly what happened.… Because they’re pardoned, they don’t have an excuse not to come in and testify for us. So we’re going to get to the bottom of this. Particularly the members that are no longer in office. Expect to expect a subpoena soon.”
Timmons serves on the House Oversight Committee.
🚨NEW: Rep. William Timmons (R-SC) says pardoned J6 Select Committee members should “expect a subpoena soon."
"Buckle up, because we're going to get to the bottom of the nonsense. select committee for January 6th."
"There's a reason that everybody on that committee was… pic.twitter.com/VX5ChDnlq6— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) January 23, 2025
Rep. Timmons did not recommend a subpoena for Cassidy Hutchinson.
This episode allegedly happened in June of 2024. Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.), who has been investigating this matter already, declined to send her a subpoena. According to The Hill, Speaker Johnson said he did not discourage Loudermilk’s subcommittee from issuing any such subpoena. Loudermilk confirmed this:
I didn’t receive any direct communications. As I’ve said in the past, we didn’t see a need to subpoena because her attorneys were cooperating with us.
Cassidy Hutchinson’s attorneys did cooperate voluntarily with Loudermilk’s subcommittee. But eventually Loudermilk issued a report casting serious doubt on her testimony before the January 6 Committee. The attorneys squawked – but did not confirm the reports about anyone sending her lewd, obscene, or lascivious texts.
What did Cassidy Hutchinson say?
Cassidy Hutchinson was, by all accounts, the “star witness” to the January 6 Committee. Among other things she said, upon which that Committee put a damning spin, were that:
- Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.), who spoke at the Big Rally before the Capitol incident, attended several strategy sessions on the anticipated certification of the election of President Biden. Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), Scott Perry (R-Pa.), and Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) also attended.
- Mark Meadows, Trump’s White House Chief of Staff, received warning of “potential violence” on January 6.
- When some chanted “Hang Mike Pence” on January 6, Trump, hearing of the chants, reacted “approvingly.”:
- In December 2020, the West Wing “divided” sharply on having a Big Rally on the Ellipse on January 6. John Ratcliffe, then Director of National Intelligence, allegedly told Cassidy Hutchinson that Trump’s continued refusal to concede the election “could spiral out of control and be dangerous for our democracy.” That phrase Our Democracy is a leftist phrase; Republicans don’t generally use it.
But the most explosive thing she said, turns out to be hearsay. She quoted Tony Ornato of the Secret Service as saying that Trump assaulted a fellow Secret Service officer and “lunged for the steering wheel” of his limousine. Her lawyers said she was only recounting what someone told her.
Tony Ornato retired from the Secret Service in August of 2022.
Immediate dispute of that steering wheel story
That steering wheel story fell apart almost at once. Multiple sources familiar with Secret Service procedure say that protectees never ride in the front passenger seat of a limousine! So Presidents don’t do it, either. Trump was, therefore, in no position to lunge for any steering wheel.
In fact, Tony Ornato flatly denied the account, and was prepared to deny it to the Committee. But Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.), one of the two token Republicans on that committee, called Ornato a liar. He said Ornato lied about former aide Alyssa Farah Griffin, and about Kinzinger himself.
Tony Ornato lied about me too. During the protests at Lafayette sq in 2020, I told Mark Meadows & Ornato they needed to warn press staged there before clearing the square. Meadows replied: “we aren’t doing that.” Tony later lied &said the exchange never happened. He knows it did.
Tony Ornato lied about me too. During the protests at Lafayette sq in 2020, I told Mark Meadows & Ornato they needed to warn press staged there before clearing the square. Meadows replied: “we aren’t doing that.” Tony later lied &said the exchange never happened. He knows it did. https://t.co/qeT0pUxGMC— Alyssa Farah Griffin (@Alyssafarah) June 29, 2022
There seems to be a major thread here… Tony Ornato likes to lie.
There seems to be a major thread here… Tony Ornato likes to lie. https://t.co/0c2itYqf5J— Adam Kinzinger (Slava Ukraini) 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇮🇱 (@AdamKinzinger) June 30, 2022
Cassidy Hutchinson said she heard the story from Ornato, and that Secret Service Agent Robert Engel was in the room. Engel, she said, never denied the altercation. But Peter Alexander, Chief White House Correspondent for NBC News, had a different story to tell.
🚨 A source close to the Secret Service tells me both Bobby Engel, the lead agent, and the presidential limousine/SUV driver are prepared to testify under oath that neither man was assaulted and that Mr. Trump never lunged for the steering wheel.
🚨 A source close to the Secret Service tells me both Bobby Engel, the lead agent, and the presidential limousine/SUV driver are prepared to testify under oath that neither man was assaulted and that Mr. Trump never lunged for the steering wheel.— Peter Alexander (@PeterAlexander) June 28, 2022
Jody Hunt, lawyer for Cassidy Hutchinson, doubled down on the story:
Ms. Hutchinson testified, under oath, and recounted what she was told. Those with knowledge of the episode also should testify under oath.
Ms. Hutchinson testified, under oath, and recounted what she was told. Those with knowledge of the episode also should testify under oath. https://t.co/F69nuMH5oy— Jody Hunt (@realJodyHunt) June 28, 2022
In July 2022, The New York Times alleged that Team Trump covered the legal fees of several witnesses. Cassidy Hutchinson was one of them – before she switched lawyers and changed her story.
Retired fireman Chris Cirino poured contempt on the Times’ coverage of the January 6 Event and Committee.
In January of 2024, former Rep. Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) directly accused Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) of coaching Cassidy Hutchinson to change story, loyalties, and lawyers. Cheney was, of course, the other token Republican on the January 6 Committee. Her first lawyer, Stefan Passantino, sued the government over that affair. (See docket.)
Analysis
This story about Cassidy Hutchinson receiving sexual annoyance texts is a direct copy of regulations that local telephone companies routinely included in the introductions to their telephone books – back in the day when the telephone company did send you a phone book. Making annoyance calls with the kinds of messages alleged here is a Class A misdemeanor. A threatening message would be a felony.
Why did The Washington Post wait seven months before broaching the subject of lewd, obscene and lascivious annoyance texts? They probably released it now for clickbait. Sure enough, this story is trending on Google Trends. So why didn’t they release it in June 2024? Because they never happened. Absent any further evidence than “Messrs. PFWTS” (People Familiar With The Situation), CNAV infers that the Post made it up out of the whole cloth.
Or if they didn’t make it up, then Cassidy Hutchinson and/or her attorneys did. Christina Laila recalled in December 2024 the history of her lies. She cited Barry Loudermilk’s report containing this key finding:
Cassidy Hutchinson’s most outrageous claims lacked any evidence, and the Select Committee had knowledge that her claims were false when they publicly promoted her:
* President Trump did not attack his Secret Service Detail at any time on January 6.
* President Trump did not have intelligence indicating violence on the morning of January 6.
* Cassidy Hutchinson falsely claimed to have drafted a handwritten note for President Trump on January 6.
* Representative Cheney and Cassidy Hutchinson baselessly attempted to disbar Hutchinson’s former attorney.
And that’s only a fraction of the litany of lies TGP’s Jim Hoft catalogued on July 2, 2022.
Recall: that former attorney is suing the government, and that case is still pending. Trump can and should settle that case. Loudermilk and Incoming Attorney General Pam Bondi can then run parallel investigations of Hutchinson, Cheney, and a few others.
In the meantime, add misprision of a felony to Hutchinson’s other manifold sins.
Terry A. Hurlbut has been a student of politics, philosophy, and science for more than 35 years. He is a graduate of Yale College and has served as a physician-level laboratory administrator in a 250-bed community hospital. He also is a serious student of the Bible, is conversant in its two primary original languages, and has followed the creation-science movement closely since 1993.
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