Recall when stock market guru Nancy Pelosi’s January 6 Committee rolled out former Mark Meadows aide Cassidy Hutchinson to tell a fanciful tale about how President Donald Trump all but commandeered a Secret Service vehicle from the backseat, while fighting off an agent with one hand?
The media was worked up into a lather, regurgitating the fabricated propaganda. But former Special Counsel Jack Smith not only shredded Hutchinson’s credibility in a congressional deposition, as shared by Jonathan Turley, but the credibility of every media outlet that disseminated her fable.
“In his deposition before Congress, former special counsel Jack Smith dismissed Cassidy Hutchinson’s testimony as unreliable, unsupported, and unusable in any trial. Smith appears to have finally presented a conclusive indictment . . . of the J6 Committee,” Turley posted on X, linking to a write-up on his website.
In his deposition before Congress, former special counsel Jack Smith dismissed Cassidy Hutchinson’s testimony as unreliable, unsupported, and unusable in any trial. Smith appears to have finally presented a conclusive indictment . . . of the J6 Committee. https://t.co/3VBXCwchKd
— Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) January 2, 2026
“If I were a defense attorney and Ms. Hutchinson were a witness, the first thing I would do was seek to preclude some of her testimony because it was hearsay, and I don’t have the full range of her testimony in front of me right now, but I do remember that that was a decent part of it,” Smith said.
He also said that they found no support for the claims, according to Turley.
“We interviewed, I think, the people she talked to, and we also interviewed, if my recollection is correct, officers who were there, including the officer who was in the car,” Smith said. “And that officer, if my recollection is correct, and I want to make sure I’m right about this, said that President Trump was very angry and wanted to go to the Capitol, but the version of events that he explained was not the same as what Cassidy Hutchinson said she heard from somebody secondhand…. a number of the things that she gave evidence on were secondhand hearsay, were things that she had heard from other people and, as a result, that testimony may or may not be admissible, and it certainly wouldn’t be as powerful as firsthand testimony.”
Turley added a comment on the media’s despicable actions, “Like so many other debunked viral stories, the media seemed to just shrug and move on after the testimony. After playing up the account in wall-to-wall coverage and cover pages, the press has again moved on with little self-awareness or circumspection.”
…Like so many other debunked viral stories, the media seemed to just shrug and move on after the testimony. After playing up the account in wall-to-wall coverage and cover pages, the press has again moved on with little self-awareness or circumspection.
— Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) January 2, 2026
But the media will not be held to account for its actions. Neither will Cassidy Hutchinson or the politically-motivated January 6 Committee, including Liz Cheney, who had her slimy hands all over Hutchinson’s fabrication.
Here’s a quick sampling of responses to the story, as seen on X:
Cassidy lied to the committee. She should be charged with perjury
— Zebra12🇺🇲⚡🔥 sic semper tyrannis ☀️Molon Labe (@Zebra12991210) January 2, 2026
My favorite tactic is when undisclosed government sources feed the press made up information and rumors, the press then reports these fake allegations as credible insider information, & then the federal agency uses the news report as pretext for an investigation and evidence. 🤣
— jw (@williamsjdjr) January 2, 2026
He also is an affront to our legal system’s bedrock of the presumption of innocence. Instead he believes he can declare guilt by proclamation.
— Lloyd Brubaker (@lbrubaker58) January 2, 2026
In my experience,the media’s exhaustive efforts to push a false narrative, without acknowledging their error when demonstrated, is the most damning indictment. I remember the Cold War Soviet press performing the same act for the same purpose.
— MJPatera (@MjPatera) January 2, 2026
Somewhere I read that Liz Cheney got Cassidy Hutchinson to change her testimony. When I heard they hired a TV producer to cherry pick footage to produce a false but dramatic narrative I knew the committee was basically a sham. Then I read that they withheld exculpatory…
— Lizbeth (@dinahgirl88) January 2, 2026
Wait, so you’re telling me the story of 74 year old Donald Trump choking out a much younger secret service agent while at the same time commandeering the limo he was riding in from another much younger secret service agent, while in the back seat of said limo, was false? https://t.co/6Hz0Yhvb5Y
— Jim Verdi (@jjverdi) January 2, 2026
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Tom Tillison grew up in Maryland before moving to Central Florida as a young teen. It is in the Sunshine State that he honed both his passion for politics and his writing skills. Tillison also contributes to BizPac Review.
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