told her we don t want to go there. we don t want to talk about that. that is all according to the committee which spoke to cassidy hutchinson many times. they never reached out to passantino. he has also not been charged with any crime. but he did provide us with a statement today, pushing back on. this he was saying he represented cassidy hutchinson ethically, that she was truthful with the committee whenever he was shepherding her through testimony. he also said he is taking a leave of absence from a corporate law firm where he is a partner. but all of this matters now, john, because the committee flagged this instance, among other things for the justice department when they release that summary yesterday, and previously. and we do know now, we can confirm that cassidy hutchinson spoke to criminal investigators about this episode. and of course maybe an important witness for federal investigators that continue to look into january 6th. and this is just one of several instances in
reporting. who is the person at the center of all this? this comes from myself, pamela brown, jamie gangel. this is about a lawyer his work for cassidy hutchinson passantino was an ethics lawyer in donald trump s white house. then he started a political law firm. that firm has been paid hundreds of thousands of dollars this year alone by donald trump s political fundraising groups. and that included, we were able to confirm, payments for passantino repliresent cassidy hutchinson. she got a new lawyer, but became the star witness. now the house is publicly raising concerns about that entire setup. they have other concerns too, john, this lawyer, and it s a long list. this lawyer was telling her not to recall facts she did recall, not to clarify testimony that she believed was inaccurate. and on something that would cast a bad light on donald trump, he