A “star witness” for the sham January 6 special House committee is now under a Department of Justice investigation.
Cassidy Hutchinson, a former White House aide in President Donald Trump’s first term, testified in June 2022, and reports later accused J6 Committee co-chair Liz Cheney of “witness tampering” by speaking to Hutchinson without her attorney’s knowledge. Hutchinson’s testimony centered on Trump’s alleged actions when the events unfolded at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
Now, in what the New York Times claims is a “highly unusual move by Justice Department leadership,” the DOJ has tasked its civil rights division with an investigation into Hutchinson.
“The move was a highly unusual one by Justice Department leadership, directing a criminal case that appears to involve accusations of lying to Congress to a specialized unit that normally focuses on systemic civil rights abuses like police misconduct and racial discrimination,” the Times reported, citing “four people familiar with the matter” while smearing the move as the Trump administration’s attempt to “find new ways to use the powers of the federal government to target Mr. Trump’s political opponents.”
She didn’t just lie, she orchestrated and manipulated the American people with the help of Alyssa Farrah and Liz Cheney! https://t.co/xPpslH0uKg
— George Santos (@Georgesantos) April 8, 2026
“The investigation into Ms. Hutchinson began some weeks ago after the Justice Department received a referral from a Trump ally in Congress who accused Ms. Hutchinson of lying to the special House committee that investigated the events of Jan. 6,” the New York Times reported.
“During explosive televised testimony in June 2022, Ms. Hutchinson, now 29, said that Mr. Trump had encouraged the crowd that gathered to hear him speak near the White House on Jan. 6 to march to the Capitol even though he knew it was armed and could turn violent,” the outlet continued. “She also claimed that she had heard that Mr. Trump lunged at one of his Secret Service agents in a presidential limo when he was told he could not join his supporters on Capitol Hill. Other testimony later contradicted that assertion.”
The Times claimed former attorney general Pam Bondi launched the investigation of Hutchinson because she “was trying to shore up her shaky standing with the president, according to two other people briefed on the effort. Ms. Bondi sought to move aggressively against Ms. Hutchinson and other investigative targets singled out by Mr. Trump in an effort to placate him.”
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Originally from New York, Powers graduated from New York University and eventually made her way to sunny South Florida. Powers also contributes to BizPac Review.
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