House Republicans made public on Monday a document tracking Cassidy Hutchinson‘s changes to her testimony on the events of Jan. 6, 2021, at the U.S. Capitol as part of the GOP’s investigation into the Democratic-led select committee on the riots following the 2020 election.
House Administration Committee’s oversight subcommittee Chairman Barry Loudermilk (R-GA) released all of the documents referenced in the committee’s March 11 report on their initial findings on the House Select Committee on Jan. 6. Among the documents is a 15-page errata sheet where Hutchinson made “significant substantive changes” to her testimony, “such as conversations she originally claimed to have not been privy to or not remember.”
In the March report, House Republicans reported claims that Hutchinson’s account of former President Donald Trump’s actions on Jan. 6 was not corroborated by other White House employees.
The 15-page document released on Monday details original and altered responses from four different interview dates in 2022: Feb. 23, March 7, May 17, and June 20. Many of her altered responses related to the rally of Trump supporters and the moments leading up to rioters entering the Capitol building.
In one instance, Hutchinson, who served as the assistant to former chief of staff Mark Meadows, claimed she was not present for a discussion between Meadows and Rudy Giuliani about preventing the certification of the 2020 election results on Jan. 6. However, she altered her response to say that “delaying or preventing the Joint Session from going forward on January 6th was a topic of conversation.”
Hutchinson changed her response regarding a call Trump made to then-Vice President Mike Pence. Originally, she said she knew of the call but nothing specific about it. The altered response was that Hutchinson “learned that President Trump placed a call to the Vice President the morning of January the 6th.”
“She learned that the President was irate on that call,” the altered response added.
She changed her responses relating to the details of the rally. In one instance, she said she could not recall specific mentions of firearms at the rally, but later corrected her response to include that she recalled “reports of firearms at the rally site.”
At one time, she said that she could not recall Meadows’s reaction to reports of bear spray, pocketknives, and other dangerous items being present at the rally. She later said that “Mr. Meadows was unimpressed. He was not concerned that there were dangerous items.” She also changed a response to include that Trump was aware weapons were at the rally, despite originally saying she was not aware of what he knew.
Loudermilk and other Republicans have claimed the Democratic-led panel played up Hutchinson’s testimony and ignored other testimonies that did not substantiate the former White House aide’s claims.
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Other documents released on Monday include 22 transcribed interviews that were not released publicly from witnesses such as Hutchinson and anonymous White House employees.
The Washington Examiner reached out to Loudermilk and Hutchinson’s representation for comment.
