Cassidy Hutchinson testifies some White House aides were worried about legal implications of Jan. 6

Cassidy Hutchinson, an aide to former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, testified that there was concern in the White House about the implications of going to the Capital on Jan. 6 as the insurrection was underway. Hutchinson spoke to the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on June 28 as they presented its findings to the public.

Hutchinson said former White House counsel Pat Cipollone, mentioned to her that he had “serious legal concerns.”

“In the days leading up to the sixth, we had conversations about obstructing justice or defrauding the electoral count,” she said.

The committee played part of Hutchinson’s interview where she explained more of the concerns White House staffers had at the time, noting that Cipollone was also worried it would appear that Trump was “inciting a riot,” she said.

The hearing was unexpectedly announced a week after the Jan. 6 committee said they were taking a break until the month of July. In the year since its creation, the committee has conducted more than 1,000 interviews, seeking critical information and documents from people witness to, or involved in, the violence that day.

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