A federal grand jury declined to indict former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson
A federal grand jury in Washington declined to indict Cassidy Hutchinson, a former White House aide, over her testimony to the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack. Hutchinson has maintained her testimony was truthful, Reuters reported. The Justice Department could present the case again, and some department prosecutors doubted they could secure a conviction, The New York Times reported.
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A federal grand jury in Washington declined to indict Cassidy Hutchinson, a former White House aide, over testimony she gave to the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, according to people familiar with the matter. ABC News reported prosecutors had sought charges of lying to Congress; MS NOW, in a report cited by CNBC, said prosecutors in the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division pursued a false-statements charge. Senior Justice Department lawyer Neville Hadley told Magistrate Judge Zia Faruqui that the grand jury had rejected an indictment, The Washington Post reported, without identifying Hutchinson as the proposed defendant. Reuters reported that Hutchinson has consistently said her testimony was truthful. The New York Times said some department prosecutors doubted the government could win a conviction. The decision does not prevent prosecutors from presenting the case again, abc45.com reported.
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- Los Angeles Times — Grand jury refuses to indict former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson - Los Angeles Times
- The Wall Street Journal — Grand Jury Declines to Indict Former White House Aide Cassidy Hutchinson - WSJ
- The Fresno Bee (with Reuters) — Grand jury declines to indict former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson, source says | Fresno Bee
- The New York Times — Grand Jury Declines to Bring Charges Against Cassidy Hutchinson - The New York Times
- CNBC — Grand jury rejects DOJ bid to indict ex-Trump WH aide Cassidy Hutchinson: Reports
- The Washington Post — Grand jury declines to indict Cassidy Hutchinson over Jan. 6 testimony - The Washington Post
- ABC News — DOJ fails to get indictment against ex-Trump aide Cassidy Hutchinson over her Jan. 6 testimony: Sources - ABC News
- abc45.com — Grand jury declines to indict ex-White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson over Jan. 6 testimony
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All eight results report that a Washington grand jury declined to indict Cassidy Hutchinson over her congressional testimony, matching the proposed event and timing. The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and ABC News report it independently; the other results are syndicated or cite existing reports.