WASHINGTON, D.C. — A federal grand jury declined Tuesday to indict former Trump White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson after Justice Department prosecutors sought criminal charges related to her testimony before the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack.
The proposed charges were not immediately disclosed publicly. However, the Justice Department had been investigating whether Hutchinson lied to Congress during her 2022 testimony, allegations she has denied. Republican lawmakers have challenged portions of her account, particularly testimony that she was told Trump tried to grab the steering wheel of the presidential SUV after being told he could not go to the Capitol. A Secret Service driver later disputed that specific account while confirming Trump strongly wanted to travel to the Capitol.
Hutchinson, who served as an aide to White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, also testified that Trump wanted armed supporters allowed closer to his Jan. 6 rally and resisted calls to intervene as violence unfolded at the Capitol. Trump denied key portions of her testimony and repeatedly attacked her credibility.
The failed indictment adds to a series of setbacks for the Justice Department in politically sensitive cases involving people Trump has publicly criticized. Reuters reported that political experts have raised concerns about the administration’s use of federal law enforcement against perceived opponents, while the administration has defended its prosecutions as legitimate enforcement actions.
Hutchinson has maintained that her congressional testimony was truthful.
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