Jan. 6 Committee Witness' Testimony Against Trump, Debunked By Secret Service Officials

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The Democrat-led hyper-partisan committee investigating the mostly peaceful January 6, 2021 Capitol Hill protest, invited Cassidy Hutchinson -- a former aide to former President Donald Trump's chief of staff Mark Meadows -- to testify at the hearing on Tuesday.

At one point in her testimony, Hutchinson alleged that former White House deputy chief of staff, Tony Ornato, told her about an incident that happened on the the day of the Capitol protest, involving Trump.

“I noticed the head of Mr. Trump’s security detail sitting in a chair, looking somewhat discombobulated, a little lost,” Hutchinson testified. “I looked at Tony, he said, ‘Did you effing hear what happened in the Beast?’ I said, ‘No, Tony, I just got back, what happened?’

Hutchinson continued: "Tony proceeded to tell me that when the president got in the Beast, he was under the impression from Mr. Meadows that the off-the-record movement to the Capitol was still possible and likely to happen but that [secret service agent Bobby Engel] had more information. As the president had gotten into the vehicle with Bobby, he thought that they were going up to the Capitol. And when Bobby had relayed to him that we’re not; we don’t have the assets to do it; it’s not secure; we’re going back to the West Wing, the president had a very strong, very angry response to that."

She also testified that Trump “said something to the effect of, ‘I’m the effing president, take me up to the Capitol now.'”

When Bobby Engel allegedly told Trump that they would be going back to the West Wing, Hutchinson said the former president became borderline violent. 

Hutchinson said: "The president reached up towards the front of the vehicle to grab at the steering wheel. Mr. Engel grabbed his arm, said, ‘Sir, you need to take your hand off the steering wheel, we’re going back to the West Wing, we’re not going to the Capitol.’ Mr. Trump then used his free hand to lunge towards Bobby Engel."

Liberal Republican congresswoman and anti-Trump zealot Liz Cheney(R-WY) displayed a handwritten note during the hearing which Hutchinson testified she wrote after Meadows handed her a note card and pen to take his dictation. The note was for a draft of a potential statement for Trump.

At the end of the hearing Tuesday, left-wing media talking heads and even Fox News liberal host Bret Baier all declared that the testimony was "stunning," earth-shaking," and that the "the walls are closing in" on Trump. They pronounced the testimony the 'final death-nail to the coffin' of the former president's political career.

However within hours, Hutchinson's claims were so thoroughly debunked by the people that were actually with Trump at the time, that even left-wing outlets could not ignore the news as they often do.

"A source close to the Secret Service tells me both Bobby Engel, the lead agent, and the presidential limousine/SUV driver are prepared to testify under oath that neither man was assaulted and that Mr. Trump never lunged for the steering wheel," NBC reporter Peter Alexander wrote on Twitter.

More reports of security officials debunking Hutchinson's story, followed.

"New: Source close to the Secret Service tells @PierreTABC to expect the Secret Service to push back against any allegation of an assault against an agent or President Trump reaching for the steering wheel," John Santucci wrote.

Even discredited far-left outlet CNN confirmed the reports. Shimon Prokupecz wrote: "A Secret Service official familiar with the matter told CNN that Tony Ornato denies telling Cassidy Hutchinson that the former president grabbed the steering wheel or an agent on his detail."

Regarding the handwritten note displayed by Cheney, Former Trump White House lawyer Eric Herschmann reportedly debunked Hutchison's claims that she wrote it.

A spokesperson for Herschmann reportedly said: "The handwritten note that Cassidy Hutchinson testified was written by her was in fact written by Eric Herschmann on January 6, 2021. All sources with direct knowledge and law enforcement have and will confirm that it was written by Mr. Herschmann."

Apparently the Jan. 6 committee were not interested in the testimony given by the security service agents.

"Bobby Engel, Fmr. President Trump’s special agent in charge on Jan 6th and his limousine driver are both prepared to testify under oath before the Jan 6 committee that neither man was attacked and that Mr. Trump never lunged for the Beast’s steering wheel, @CBSNews confirms," Nicole Sganga wrote on Twitter. "U.S. Secret Service officials have provided dozens of hours of testimony to the January 6th committee thus far, according to a source close to the agency."

Betsy Woodruff Swan of Politico also reported on Twitter: "New: USSS Spox Anthony Guglielmi tells me that in the 10 days before the Hutchinson hearing, the Jan. 6 committee did not reach out for more details regarding the Beast ride."

As news broke that Hutchinson's claims have been debunked, 'Amber Heard 2.0' trended on social media, referencing the Johnny Depp v. Amber Heard trial.

"Cassidy Hutchinson is the Amber Heard of Jussie Smollett," one social media user wrote, referencing the homosexual black American actor who faked a hate crime against himself.