Secret Service agents have ‘testified to grand jury deciding whether to indict Trump for Jan 6 role’
MULTIPLE Secret Service agents have ‘testified before the grand jury that decided whether Trump should be indicted for his role on January 6’
- Five or six Secret Service agents reportedly testified before the grand jury
- It is considering whether to press charges against Trump over January 6 violence
At least five Secret Service agents have reportedly testified before a grand jury investigating former President Donald Trump’s role in the violent attack on the US Capitol on January 6, 2021.
The case is one of two cases being prosecuted by Special Counsel Jack Smith, who earlier this month filed suit against Trump alleging mishandling of classified documents.
In the second case, a grand jury is considering whether to indict the then-president’s conduct leading up to the attack and attempts to interfere in certifying the 2020 election results.
Sources told NBC news that five or six officers had appeared in accordance with subpoenas they had received.
But it is not known how close they were to Trump or what information they may have offered.
At least five Secret Service agents have reportedly testified before a grand jury investigating former President Donald Trump’s role in the violent attack on the US Capitol
The case is one of two cases being prosecuted by Special Counsel Jack Smith, who earlier this month filed suit against Trump alleging mishandling of classified documents.
However, they may be in a position to confirm or deny details of an account given by former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson when she appeared before the Jan. 6 committee.
She told the committee she had heard secondhand that Trump wanted Secret Service agents to drive him to the Capitol on Jan. 6 to join the protesters.
When they refused for safety reasons, he tried to grab the steering wheel of his vehicle and reached for the driver, according to her account. Trump later denied that account.
Investigators will also want to know about communications between agents before Jan. 6. Last year it was found that all text messages between agents on January 5-6, 2021 were lost, apparently due to a software upgrade.
Hutchinson, who worked for Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, was the breakout star of the January 6 hearings with her testimony about Trump’s behavior as he attempted to overturn the 2020 election.
She testified that Trump wanted to join the pro-MAGA mob at the US Capitol.
That mob ambushed the Capitol and battled law enforcement officials for hours on January 6, threatening the lives of Vice President Mike Pence and members of Congress.
Cassidy Hutchinson, who worked for Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, was the breakout star of the January 6 hearings with her testimony on Trump’s conduct
In the hours before, Hutchinson testified that Trump tried to grab the wheel of the SUV and lunged at a security official when he was told by Secret Service agents that they would take him back to the White House after he delivered his speech at the Ellipse held, and not to Capitol Hill.
She also shared how she saw the aftermath of Trump throwing his food after learning that then-Attorney General Bill Barr had told the Associated Press there was no evidence of widespread election fraud.
Hutchinson testified that a servant beckoned her to the White House dining room “and then pointed to the front of the room by the mantelpiece and TV.”
“Where I first noticed ketchup dripping down the wall. And there’s a shattered china plate on the floor,’ she said.
“The clerk had expressed that the president was extremely angry with the AP interview of the attorney general and had thrown his lunch against the wall.”