A former Trump White House counsel has arrived on Capitol Hill for a private interview with the Jan. 6 committee.
described his repeated efforts to stop Trump from joining the mob at the Capitol.
Hutchinson said Cipollone urged her to persuade her boss, chief of staff Mark Meadows, not to let Trump go to the Capitol.when he was ultimately prevented by his security team from going to the Capitol that day. The Secret Service has disputed parts of her account detailing Trump's actions when she said he lashed out at the driver in the presidential motorcade.Cipollone was also part of a key meeting on the Sunday before the Jan.
Earlier this week, Trump responded to news of Cipollone's cooperation on his social media platform, Truth Social, calling it bad for the country. “Why would a future President of the United States want to have candid and important conversations with his White House Counsel if he thought there was even a small chance that this person, essentially acting as a"lawyer” for the Country, may someday be brought before a partisan and openly hostile Committee in Congress," the former president said.Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
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