Sources in the room for Fauci's two-day interview told CBS News the meeting was cordial, but also revealed the intense and fractious political divide over his legacy and work.
That s something that he said to her on multiple occasions. now, just to give you insight into what her mind was at, she says through this process, she was almost as though she felt like she had trump himself looking over her shoulder, because she knew in some fashion it would get back to him if she said anything that he would find disloyal and that that prospect of that genuinely scared me. that s what she said. you know, i have seen this world ruin people s lives or try to ruin their careers. i had seen how vicious they can be and want to read a statement from her former lawyer, stefan passantino. this was in response to that cnn story saying that he was the person the january 6th committee alleged had been asking their client to downplay their testimony. he has not responded yet to the actual transcripts. says, i believe ms. hutchinson was being truthful and cooperative throughout the several interview sessions in which i represented her. pamela, this is not the only
Trump lawyers calling her. she said, it felt like i almost had trump looking over my shoulder because i knew in some fashion it would get back to him if i said anything he would find disloyal. the thought of that genuinely scared me. i ve seen how vicious they can be. now i do want to note that all of this is stemming from something that happened earlier in the week. we heard from the january 6th committee alleging that a trump-backed lawyer was trying to coach his client to say, i don t really. cnn then reported that it was stefan pasatino, the former white house ethics lawyer. he has not responded to the transcript, but here s what he said to that first story. he said, i believed ms. hutchinson was being truthful and cooperative with the committee throughout several interview sessions in which i represented her. victor, i want to be clear. this is not the only mention here of some kind of person
Knull and cooperative with the committee throughout the several interview sessions in which i represented her so clearly he has another side to this, but in the transcript, elliot, it says everything is going to be okay. we re taking care of you. this is what hutchinson described passantino as saying, quote, just downplay your position. it s not fair that mark meadows, her former boss, chief of staff to trump, put you in this position. we just want to focus on protecting the president. we all know you re loyal. let s just get you in and out and this day will be easy, i promise. oh, lord. where to begin? first year of criminal law class playing out because of all the sort of issues this raised. number one, what you have is knowledge on the part of the former president that he lost the election. that is relevant to an obstruction charge and conspiracy to defraud the united states charge and relevant to this false statement charge they re talking about from the former president that he
Much and that didn t always get touched on as much in the hearings but the transcripts were really laying it out in ways that may be enlightening. cassidy hutchinson said there was so much focus on her testimony. i m also as a journalists want to see this and what else came out that corroborated her testimony because they had interviewed secret service agents and what potentially didn t. that s a big part. i want to mention stefan passantino s statement he gave. he said i represented miss hutchinson, honorably and fully consistent with her sole interests. i believe miss hutchinson was being truthful and cooperative throughout the several interview sessions in which i represented her. so clearly he believes nothing was wrong. the committee looks at it in another way. we ll see the transcripts soon but there is a bigger picture theme here of people in trump world potentially trying to influence the committee and what the witnesses say. yeah, i mean, cassidy hutchinson is the clearest