engagement letter, so then i d ask them. or i thought. that is perfectly fine, do you mind telling me where the funding for this is coming from? i would want to thank them. i want to thank whoever it is, because i kind of like figuring things out. and he said if you want to know at the end, we will let you know. but we are not telling people where the funding is coming from right now. don t worry. we are taking care of you. you are never going to get a bill for this. so that is what you worried about. i was like okay, that s what i was worried about. but it wasn t the only thing i was worried about. stephen passantino will be disbarred in washington d.c. if that testimony is proven to be true. he refused to tell his client who was paying for his clients legal representation. he will be disbarred that if that is proven to be true. his testimony, released today was strong enough to get that
the president reached up towards the front of the vehicle to grab at the steering wheel. mr. engel grabbed his arm and said, sir, you need to take your hand off the steering wheel. we are going back to the west wing, we are not going to the capitol. mr. trump then used his free hand to lunge toward bobby angle and recounted the story to me, he had motioned towards his clavicle s. all right. that was to remind you, because you know that part. but according to the new transcripts we just got of a private interview with cassidy hutchinson from september, she told the committee that her prior lawyer, get this, a former trump white house ethics official named stephen passantino, remember stefan passantino, because this will become a very relevant. stefan passantino told her not to relay that anecdote you just heard to the committee when she first testified earlier this
instead, risk contempt of congress in order to protect donald trump. hutchison told the committee, her trump funded lawyer, a man named stephen passantino, actively discouraged hutchison from telling the committee everything she knew. at one point, hutchison recalls attempting to organize her thoughts by asking for a look at a calendar so she could better remember what events took place, and when. she says, the trump attorney, mr. passantino, discouraged her from trying to jog her memory. according to her testimony she said, i am your lawyer i know what s best for you. the less you remember, the better. do not read anything to jog your memory. do not try to put together timelines. that same trump lawyer also telling cassidy hutchison not to tell the committee about the harrowing incident in which trump, allegedly, lunged at the wheel of his suv, and at the leader of the secret service detail, when the ancient refused to take trump to the capital, following his speech
who worked in the trump white house. quote, page 42, stefan never told me he specifically told me i don t want you to perjur yourself. but what i don t recall is a perjury. they don t know what you can and can t recall. on page 36 cassidy hutchison and said, but if i do recall something. not every little detail. can i still say i don t recall? and he said yes. for that one word, yes. stephen passantino should be disbarred if that testimony is believed. and should be convicted of perjury. if that testimony is to be believed. cassidy hutchison goes there and i said, if i do remember things. but not every little detail that i said.
is now the basis of the committees criminal referral of a former president united states. for prosecution by the justice department. cassidy hutchinson s testimony reveals another point that standing alone would ve been enough to get that lawyer disbarred in most restrictions in this country. he refused to tell her who was paying him to represent her. here is how cassidy hutchison described her very first words with a criminal defense lawyer of that trump world provided. page 21. on monday, february 7th 2022. i received a call in the afternoon from stephen passantino. i had never worked with stephen. we don t really overlap. and i never really heard of him. i also know is that he he had called to let me know that he was my attorney. and was a brief call. let him know that and i was