The Justice Department has reportedly assigned its civil rights division to investigate former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson regarding testimony she gave before the Jan. 6 committee in 2022 against President Donald Trump.
The New York Times reported that Harmeet Dhillon, head of the civil rights division, has been assigned to look into the matter, according to three unnamed sources. Hutchinson served as an assistant to then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows.
“The investigation into Ms. Hutchinson began some weeks ago after the Justice Department received a referral from a Trump ally in Congress who accused Ms. Hutchinson of lying to the special House committee that investigated the events of Jan. 6,” the Times said. The committee was established by then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
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“During explosive televised testimony in June 2022, Ms. Hutchinson, now 29, said that Mr. Trump had encouraged the crowd that gathered to hear him speak
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