The Justice Department is investigating Cassidy Hutchinson, the former White House aide whose testimony before the January 6th Select Committee helped drive the left’s narrative that Donald Trump tried to seize control of a presidential vehicle, for alleged perjury, according to multiple reports.
Hutchinson was among the most prominent witnesses called by the Democrat-led committee in 2022. Her testimony included the claim that Trump lunged at Secret Service agent Bobby Engel and grabbed the steering wheel of the presidential motorcade in an effort to go to the Capitol on January 6, 2021. That account was disputed at the time by multiple agents who said they were prepared to testify under oath that it never happened.
The DOJ probe reportedly focuses on whether Hutchinson made false statements during her congressional testimony. The exact scope of the investigation has not been publicly confirmed by department officials.
Her appearance before the committee made her a fixture of cable news coverage and earned praise from Democrats who held her up as a profile in courage. She later published a memoir, “Enough,” in 2023, recounting her time in the Trump White House and her decision to cooperate with the committee.
The January 6th Select Committee was disbanded after Republicans took control of the House in January 2023. Several Republicans on the new majority have since raised questions about the accuracy of testimony presented during the hearings, and the Trump administration’s DOJ has pursued accountability across several fronts related to the investigation.
The perjury probe is part of a broader pattern of scrutiny aimed at figures who played central roles in proceedings that Republicans widely criticized as partisan. Critics at the time pointed out that the committee denied Republicans the ability to seat their own chosen members, and that no Republican-appointed minority was permitted to cross-examine witnesses.
