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Dec 27, 2022 17 tweets 9 min read Read on X
JUST IN: The latest batch of Jan. 6 committee transcripts is now live. Includes:

-2 more Cassidy Hutchinson transcripts
-Mnuchin
-McEntee
-Ali Alexander
-The Kremers

january6th.house.gov/news/press-rel…
MEADOWS had dinner plans w/ his wife in Alexandria the night of Jan. 6, Cassidy Hutchinson told the select committee.

He called amid the riot to cancel them.

january6th.house.gov/sites/democrat…
HUTCHINSON said Mark Meadows' Secret Service code name was:

"LEVERAGE"

january6th.house.gov/sites/democrat…
Here's what Hutchinson said abotu Meadows burning papers in his WH fireplace — including 2-4 times after meeting with Rep. Perry.

We wrote about this testimony in May: politico.com/news/2022/05/2…
👀 Hutchinson recounts a bizarre episode in whith House Intelligence Committee Republicans, including Rep. Devin Nunes and staffers, carted over classified documents to the WH for Meadows and Pat Cipollone to review.
CHENEY remarks that this is pretty unusual for House Republicans to truck classified docs to the White House when they have their own SCIF.
What did Meadows do with the documents? He made a bunch of copies and kept some to give out to people in the "private sector," Hutchinson says. While it's not entirely clear what these are, this is consistent with Russia docs Trump attempted to declassify.
MOST NOTABLY: Hutchinson said Meadows wanted GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy to have a set of the records.

She says McCarthy refused to take them. january6th.house.gov/sites/democrat…
MORE: Hutchinson said that Meadows was extremely secretive about the original HPSCI copy of the documents in his office, which she says he kept in a safe and didn't want others to know about. january6th.house.gov/sites/democrat…
HUTCHINSON said she recalled some conversations among Trump and GOP members of Congress about QAnon, the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys ahead of Jan. 6.
Here's Hutchinson talking about Matt Gaetz's bid for a pardon, which she said began in early December 2020.
HUTCHINSON said that several GOP lawmakers reached out to her after Jan. 6 w/ question sabout White House's preparedness for the 25th amendment discussion. She name: Markwayne Mullin, Roy Blunt, Mike Johnson and GOP Leader McCarthy as people she talked about it with.
House admin staff director Jamie FLEET — a top adviser to Speaker Pelosi — told the select committee in an interview that he and his staff began preparing for GOP objections to the election over the summer of 2020 — because they read Trump's tea leaves.
FLEET says he never conveyed directly to Speaker Pelosi the security briefings from Capitol Police and the sergeant at arms because they were assured the professionals had it in hand.
Max MILLER’s attorney got particularly hostile with the select committee over what appeared to be pretty basic foundational questions.
The hostility actually got worse from there, prompting Kinzinger to jump in and accidentally refer to the committee as "the prosecution," which didn't help.

Miller accused Cheney of trying to intimidate him because "I knocked your buddy" — Anthony Gonzalez — "off the block."
Max Miller notes he advised Trump not to let Rudy Giuliani, John Eastman or Sidney Powell speak at his Jan. 6 rally. He also recommended that Mike Flynn not be permitted to speak. But Trump didn't take that advice for Rudy/Eastman.

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NEW: Judge Sooknanan acted quickly to block as many as 600 Guatemalan children from being deported by the Trump administration without due process. A judge in Illinois took a similar step for 4 children whose lawyers sued Saturday.

w/ @joshgerstein
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@joshgerstein MORE: This is reminiscent of the emergency fight over Alien Enemies Act — an overnight lawsuit alleging abrupt deportations and violation of due process, quick restraining order by a judge, hearing set for the afternoon.

We'll learn more at 3pm. politico.com/news/2025/08/3…
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HAPPENING NOW: Judge Xinis is leaning toward issuing another restraining order to block Kilmar Abrego Garcia's immediate deportation to Uganda at least through this week — she wants an evidentiary hearing on Friday.
XINIS says law may require Abrego's deportation to his country of choice, given that Costa Rica has indicated a willingness to accept him, give him refugee status and vow not to re-deport him to El Salvador.

Uganda, where administration plans to send him, has made no promises.
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But she says she will assume, for today, that the emergency claim is legit.
Arguing for DOJ: Yaakov Roth, principal deputy assistant attorney general of the Civil Division.
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