insurrection, privy to nearly every major decision leading up to and during that day. according to the testimony of cassidy hutchinson, his top aide, meadows appears to have been at the center of the scheme to overturn the election. the 26-year-old, cassidy hutchinson, was brave enough, patriotic enough, to come forward. 62-year-old mark meadows is not. just a refresher, here s some of what we learned from ms. hutchinson about mr. meadows, something the committee would want to ask him about if he had the courage or decency to talk. i remember leaning against the hallway and said, i had an interesting conversation. it sounds like we re going to the capitol. he said something to the effect of, there s a lot going on, guys. but i don t know, things might get real, real bad on january 6th. do you know if mr. meadows ever intended to go to the willard hotel on the night of the 5th? i had made it clear to mr. meadows that i didn t believe it was a smart idea for him to go to
so, of course, has former white house chief of staff mark meadows despite having already been subpoenaed and cited for contempt of congress for refusing to appear. he was one of the former president s closest advisor in the runoff to the january 6th insurrection, privy to every major decision before and leading up to that day. according to the testimony of cassidy hutchinson, his top aide, meadows appears to have been at the center of the scheme to overturn the election. the 26-year-old, cassidy hutchinson, was brave enough, patriotic enough, to come forward. 62-year-old mark meadows is not. just a refresher, here s some of what we learned from ms. hutchinson about mr. meadows, some of what the committee presumably would want to ask him if he had the courage or decency to talk. i remember leaning against the doorway and saying i had an interesting conversation with rudy, mark. sounds like we re going to the capitol. he didn t look up from his phone and said something to the
going to be with them. now, as it turned out, that didn t occur, although clearly he very much wanted to go to the capitol himself. the secret service said today in a statement that the committee didn t ask secret service witnesses to respond to ms. hutchinson s testimony prior to yesterday s hearing. given that the committee knew what she was going to say, was it a mistake not to ask the secret service about it before she said it publicly? well, she was under oath. and you know, all she did was recount a report that was given to her. she wasn t in the car. and she told us under oath that mr. orr na toe relayed the story to her. if the secret service wants to come in under oath and say that they didn t tell her that or what they told her wasn t true, that s fine. but it misses the main point, which is no one s denying that
but there was a group of people who were armed with assault weapons. he knew it. and he wanted them to march on the capitol. he encouraged them to do it. not only did he tell them to go fight, but he also said he was going to be with them. now, as it turned out, that didn t occur, although clearly he very much wanted to go to the capitol himself. the secret service said today in a statement that the committee didn t ask secret service witnesses to respond to ms. hutchinson s testimony prior to yesterday s hearing. given that the committee knew what she was going to say, was it a mistake not to ask the secret service about it before she said it publicly? well, she was under oath.