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A former member of then-President Donald Trump’s administration, one of the star witnesses of the Democrat-led January 6 Committee and whose testimony largely shaped its final report, could soon be deposed by House Republicans due to their discovery of a document that revealed major discrepancies in her story.
She has also waived attorney-client privilege.
“As the Jan. 6 congressional investigation rushed to a close in 2022, one of the House Democrats’ star witnesses waived her attorney-client privilege with her first lawyer in a move that could now open the door for House Republicans to question both her and her attorney,” Just the News reported on Friday.
“Former Trump White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson’s testimony played a large role in shaping House Democrats’ final report sharply criticizing Donald Trump for the Capitol riot that ensued on Jan. 6, 2021, but Republicans on the House Administration’s Subcommittee on Oversight led by Chairman Barry Loudermilk recently discovered an errata sheet she submitted to Congress that made substantial changes to her account midway through the Democrat-led inquiry,” the report continued, added: “Errata sheets are routinely provided to deponents and witnesses by stenographers to allow for correction of typographic errors and dropped words.”
On September 12, 2022, Joseph H. Hunt of Alston & Bird, representing the client, sent a letter to the House Democrats’ J6 committee relinquishing her privileges with Passantino.
In this communication, not only were typographical errors corrected but also new and substantive testimony was provided to the committee.
“Pursuant to Federal Rule of Evidence 502(a)(1), this letter will confirm that our client, Cassidy Hutchinson, is waiving the attorney-client privilege regarding all communications with her previous counsel, Stefan Pasantino, between February 7, 2022, and June 8, 2022,” Hunt wrote the committee led by then-Chairman Bennie Thompson D-Miss.
“The scope of this waiver includes all communications related to Ms. Hutchinson’s interviews with and provision of information to the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol,” the letter added. “The waiver does not include communications with Alston & Bird attorneys.”
Loudermilk has stated that his panel is preparing to investigate Hutchinson’s shift in narrative, which may include interviewing her former attorney, Passantino.
“Cassidy Hutchinson tried to explain her…
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