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Grand jury rejects DOJ effort to indict Cassidy Hutchinson
A federal grand jury in Washington has rejected the Justice Department's effort to indict former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson over her testimony about January 6.
A federal grand jury in Washington on Tuesday rejected the Justice Department's request to indict former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson, who testified before a House committee in 2022 about President Donald Trump's conduct during the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot. Prosecutors in the DOJ's Civil Rights Division had sought to charge Hutchinson with making false statements to Congress. Hutchinson, a former special assistant to Trump's chief of staff Mark Meadows, testified that Trump urged supporters to march on the Capitol whilst knowing many were armed, and described an account from another White House official about Trump lunging at a Secret Service agent when told he could not travel to the Capitol. Trump and allies have called for legal consequences against Hutchinson, whilst other lawmakers have urged the Justice Department to abandon its investigation. Grand juries rarely reject indictments, which prosecutors need only convince of probable cause rather than guilt.
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