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At this point, Hutchinson testified under oath at the risk of perjury -- so, although there are reports that Ornato and Engel are prepared to do the same, we have to wait and see what actually happens.
In any event, back on June 8, Politico reported the following:
>> As then-President Donald Trump left a rally with his supporters on Jan. 6, 2021, he appears to have held out hope until the last minute — even as chaos unfolded — that he’d be able to join them at the Capitol.
Trump even raised the prospect privately with the head of his Secret Service detail at the time, Robert Engel, according to a person familiar with the agent’s congressional testimony. Engel rode with Trump in the presidential armored car called “The Beast” back to the White House after the Ellipse rally that preceded that day’s violent riot.
Engel told Jan. 6 select committee investigators that the two men discussed Trump’s desire to go to the Capitol and took different views on the topic. Engel noted that they went back to the White House instead of heading to Capitol Hill. The contents of Engel’s testimony have not been previously reported. Secret Service spokesperson Anthony Guglielmi declined to comment. <<
All this is consistent with Hutchinson's testimony. And, well, does anything at all about Donald Trump, and especially his crusade against the Stolen Election, suggest a sober, quiet, rational discussion wherein they merely "took different views"? The euphemistic language in this report is risible compared to everything known about Trump.
(It seems sure that Trump was in the backseat of the Beast [the presidential limo], but what would've stopped him from climbing forward to have this, ahem, discussion, and then grabbing the steering wheel? The video and photos I've seen don't depict any barrier.)
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