hutchinson is another republican and another former member of president trump s white house staff. certain of us in the house of representatives recall that she once worked for house republican whip steve scalise, but she s also a familiar face on capitol hill because she held a prominent role in the white house legislative affairs office and later was the principal aide to mark meadows. she has spent considerable time up here on capitol hill representing the trump administration. and we welcome her back. up until now, our hearings have each been organized to address specific elements of president trump s plan to overturn the 2020 election. today we are departing somewhat from that model, because her testimony touches on several important and cross cutting topics, topics that are relevant to each of our future hearings. in her role working for the white house chief of staff, miss
republican an another former member of president trump s white house staff. certain of us in the house of representatives, she once worked for steve scalise, she also held a prominent role in the white house legislative affairs office and later was the principal aide to president trump s chief of staph, mark meadows. she spent time up here on capitol hill representing the trump administration and we welcome her back. we have been organized to address specific elements of the plan welcome . we have several cross cutting topics that are relevant to each of our future hearings.
congress including steve scalise and the white house with leader kevin mccarthy and jim jordan. others show you with the president and members of congress aboard air force one. before you worked in the white house, you worked on capitol hill for representative steve scalise, the republican whip, and senator ted cruz. and then in 2019 you moved to the white house and served there until the end of the trump administration in 2020. when you started at the white house you served in the office of legislative affairs. we understand that you were initially hired as a staff assistant, but was soon promoted to a position of greater responsibility. can you explain your role for the committee? when i moved over to the white house chief of staff s
fake slate of electors. that could be defrauding the united states government. taking steps you know are ill local to defraud the government. she said this was not a rash judgment at the end, this started very early on. and she said again is there criminal intent that the white house counsel s office said the plot to overturn the election was not legally viable, it was illegally. this is a crime. it was wrong. it was wrong and you cannot do it. there was so much more. there were conversations about invoking martial law. donald trump was looking under every rock, what can i do. what about seizing voting machines? what about appointing sidney powell as the special counsel? and she says, and i m told we re going to learn more about this today because four of these six house republicans have denied asking the white house for pardons after the election. here s what she had told the committee previously in a deposition and i m told, jake, we will get more today. mr. gaetz and mr. brook
0 who lets their 10-year-old, a golf cart, lambourghini, start with the golf cart. and the poor kid broke down and was sobbing, and ben was consoling him, don t hand your child the responsibility of something of course he s going to crash. stay right here on fox news for sandra smith and john roberts next. john: emily, thank you. welcome to fox news special coverage of the january 6th committee hearings. we are just moments away from the start of the sixth public hearing. it will be focused on the events of that day, 18 months ago. i m john roberts in washington. hi again, sandra. sandra: sandra smith in new york. the hearing was unexpectedly announced yesterday, the committee recently obtained new evidence. today s hearing, just one witness. cassidy hutchinson, a former aid to mark meadows, former chief of staff for trump. john: insider perspective, hutchinson has already testified in front of the committee several times but that was behind closed doors. today will be her firs