memeorandum: Trump's had bad moments, but few worse than Cassidy Hutchinson's testimony (Dan Balz/Washington Post)

7:55 AM ET, June 29, 2022

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Trump White House attorney disputes Cassidy Hutchinson's testimony about handwritten note — Hutchinson testified before the House Jan. 6 committee Tuesday. — Former Trump White House lawyer Eric Herschmann is claiming that a handwritten note regarding a potential statement …

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Trump Aides Watch Testimony and Brace for Damage — A “stunning two hours” raises fears of political and legal consequences for the former president. — Give this article- - - Read in app — WASHINGTON — Devastating new testimony by a former White House aide describing …

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David French / The Dispatch:

The Case for Prosecuting Donald Trump Just Got Much Stronger — New testimony may have produced a smoking gun. — I confess that I've been skeptical that the January 6 committee would produce evidence that Donald Trump was directly criminally responsible for the attack on the Capitol.

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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:

A lawyer for Virginia Thomas said she would not testify to the House panel. — A lawyer for Virginia Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and a supporter of President Donald J. Trump's efforts to stay in power after the 2020 election, told the House select committee investigating …

John Cassidy / New Yorker:

Cassidy Hutchinson's Testimony Should Be the End of Donald Trump — Regardless of the legal obstacles to convicting the former President, Hutchinson's testimony reconfirmed that he must never again be allowed anywhere near power. — On Tuesday morning, Hunter Biden started trending on social media …

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Politico:

Former White House aide delivers shocking testimony about out-of-control Trump on Jan. 6 — Minutes before Donald Trump took the stage at an Ellipse rally on Jan. 6, 2021, he urged the Secret Service to remove security magnetometers to let in people with weapons because “they're not here to hurt me …

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Tim Miller / The Bulwark:

Cassidy Hutchinson Held Their Manhoods Cheap — They all knew. But only the 26-year-old staffer would testify about it under oath. — This afternoon a 26-year-old former assistant showed more courage and integrity than an entire administration full of grown-ass adults who were purportedly working …

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Bret Stephens / New York Times:

Will the Jan. 6 Committee Finally Bring Down the Cult of Trump? — There's a saying among cult experts: Nobody ever joins a cult. — Of course, people join what, to outsiders, certainly appear to be cults — the Branch Davidians, the Moonies, the Peoples Temple and so on.

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Kyle Cheney / Politico:

Eastman drops bid to block phone records from Jan. 6 committee — John Eastman, an architect of Donald Trump's last-ditch bid to subvert the 2020 election, has dropped a lawsuit aimed at blocking the Jan. 6 select committee from obtaining his phone records.

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Gabby Orr / CNN:

‘This is a bombshell’: Trump aides left speechless by Hutchinson testimony — (CNN)Aides to former President Donald Trump were left speechless amid the first half of Cassidy Hutchinson's testimony on Tuesday, acknowledging to CNN that her testimony was “a bombshell” with potentially huge repercussions for Trump.

David Frum / The Atlantic:

Kevin McCarthy, Have You No Sense of Decency? — If, after the latest January 6 hearing, House Republicans persist in their policy of pro-Trump cover-up, American democracy is in dire peril. — In the last few minutes of today's January 6 committee hearing, Representative Liz Cheney presented evidence …

David A. Graham / The Atlantic:

The Most Damning January 6 Testimony Yet — Donald Trump knew the protesters marching on the Capitol on January 6 were armed. He knew they could do harm to someone. He wanted to go to the Capitol with them as they marched that afternoon. And he did nothing to stop them as they attacked.

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Mike Allen / Axios:
Jan. 6 hearings deliver new template for digital-era dramatics

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John Podhoretz / Commentary Magazine:
Trump Is In Deep, Deep, Deep, Deep Trouble

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Shelby Talcott / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Ginni Thomas Responds To Jan. 6 Committee's Official Request For Testimony

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Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review: Cassidy Hutchinson's Testimony against Trump Is Devastating

Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Trump's had bad moments, but few worse than Cassidy Hutchinson's testimony

Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Republicans Are Trying to Cover Up the Greatest Political Scandal in American History

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James Poniewozik / New York Times:
The Jan. 6 Committee Produces a Very Special Episode

Wall Street Journal:
More Testimony on Trump's Jan. 6 Tirade

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Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:
Hutchinson Puts Trump's Violence on Display

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CBS News:
Secret Service plans to respond to Jan. 6 committee regarding Trump's actions, after Cassidy Hutchinson's testimony

Cami Mondeaux / Washington Examiner:
George Washington University rejects petition to fire Clarence Thomas over abortion ruling

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Nick Visser / HuffPost: Attorney For Ginni Thomas Says There's No Reason For Her To Speak To Jan. 6 Panel

Washington Post:
Cassidy Hutchinson's path from trusted insider to explosive witness

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Washington Post:
Bombshell hearing raises a question: Why was Trump's lawyer terrified?

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Politico:
How the Jan. 6 panel's star witness drew a roadmap for Trump's culpability

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Travis Waldron / HuffPost:

GOP Election Denier Tina Peters Loses Colorado Secretary Of State Primary — The Mesa County clerk who was under indictment for tampering with voting machines lost to a Republican who acknowledged the 2020 vote was legitimate. — Pam Anderson, a Republican who acknowledged that Joe Biden …

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Allahpundit / HotAir:
Live results: It's primary night in America

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Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Illinois Governor's Race Shows G.O.P.'s Lurch to Right (With Nudge From Left)

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Kyle Morris / Fox News:

Rep. Sean Casten defeats AOC ally Rep. Marie Newman in Illinois Democratic congressional primary — Illinois 6th District race pitted two sitting House Democrats against each other due to redistricting — Voter panel: Issues on the minds of voter before primary elections

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NBC News:
Trump-backed Rep. Mary Miller defeats Rep. Rodney Davis in new Illinois district

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Myah Ward / Politico:
Casten beats Newman in matchup of Dem incumbents in Illinois

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Hans Nichols / Axios:
Dems' Rocky Mountain MAGA bet

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Ariana Garcia / Houston Chronicle:

Attorney General Ken Paxton says he will defend Texas sodomy law if Supreme Court revisits Lawrence vs. Texas — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton last week seemingly expressed support for the Supreme Court potentially overturning past rulings on cases involving the LGBTQ community following the downfall of Roe v. Wade on Friday.

Dana Rubinstein / New York Times:

Giuliani on Defensive After Uproar Over Assault Claim — Two days after Rudy Giuliani claimed a worker had assaulted him at a Staten Island supermarket, the once-vaunted former mayor was spending Tuesday morning like many men his age: complaining about his aches and pains.

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New York Post:
Eric Adams says Rudy Giuliani may have filed a phony report in SI ‘assault’ — ex-mayor responds: ‘go f-k’ yourself

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Washington Post:

Tens of thousands of monkeypox vaccines rushed to clinics — White House pushes new strategy as cases climb — The Biden administration will begin sending out tens of thousands of vaccine doses to clinics nationwide in an effort to control a record U.S. monkeypox outbreak that many experts …

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Scott Alexander / Astral Codex Ten:

What Caused The 2020 Homicide Spike? — In my review of San Fransicko, I mentioned that it was hard to separate the effect of San Francisco's local policies from the general 2020 spike in homicides, which I attributed to the Black Lives Matter protests and subsequent police pullback.