NEW: Despite knowing some of them were armed, former President Trump urged supporters to march to the Capitol on Jan. 6, former senior White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson testifies. 'They're not here to hurt me,' Trump said, according to Hutchinson.
WASHINGTON — A former top White House aide described Donald Trump’s shocking behavior on Jan. 6, saying the former president wanted armed protesters at his rally, tried to forcibly steer his limousine to the Capitol and, when his bodyguards refused, reached for the throat of one of them.
The explosive testimony from Hutchinson, the official in closest proximity to Trump to appear at a public hearing, portrayed the just-defeated president as angry and violent on the day he urged his supporters to march to the Capitol, where some of them would attack police officers and break into the building in an effort to reverse the election resultNot only did Trump and Meadows ignore warnings about potential violence Jan.
"I don’t f’ing care that they have weapons," Hutchinson testified that Trump said."They’re not here to hurt me. Take the f’ing mags away." When a member of Trump's security team informed him that the plan was to travel back to the White House rather than the Capitol, Trump had a"very strong, very angry response," Hutchinson testified.
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