Cassidy Hutchinson indictment stories

Oct 27, 2026

Grand jury declines to indict Cassidy Hutchinson over Jan. 6 testimony

A federal grand jury in Washington, D.C., rejected the Justice Department's attempt to indict former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson, who provided dramatic testimony to the House January 6th committee about President Trump's actions during the Capitol riot.

Oct 27, 20264 sources

Top claims

▪Former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson testified in June 2022 that Donald Trump urged the removal of metal detectors on January 6, 2021, despite knowing rally attendees possessed weapons
▪Justice Department attorney Neville Hedley informed U.S. Magistrate Judge Zia Faruqui that the grand jury submitted a non-concurrence regarding proposed charges against Cassidy Hutchinson
▪Former special counsel Jack Smith testified in a closed-door congressional interview earlier in 2026 that Cassidy Hutchinson was not a powerful witness because many of her accounts were secondhand

People involved

Donald Trump Jim Jordan

Subtopics

Cassidy Hutchinson1 Civil Rights Division1 Congress1 Federal agencies1 Investigations1 James Comey1 Judiciary1 Letitia James1 Trump administration1 Washington D.C.1

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