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Hutchinson told committee she heard Trump say he didn't care that his supporters had weapons
From CNN's Clare Foran
Cassidy Hutchinson, an aide to former White House chief of staff
Mark Meadows, testified before the Jan. 6 hearing that she overheard former President Donald Trump saying that he did not care if his supporters had weapons — and suggested he had no issue with them marching to the Capitol armed.
"I overheard the President say something to the effect of 'I don't F-ing care that they have weapons. They're not here to hurt me. Take the F-ing mags away. Let my people in, they can march to the Capitol from here. Let the people in, take the F-ing mags away."
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Meadows told aide "things might get real, real bad on Jan. 6," she testifies to committee
Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows walks along the South Lawn in October 2020. (Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images)
Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows told his aide Cassidy Hutchinson on Jan. 2, 2021, that "things might get real, real bad on Jan. 6," she testified to the Jan. 6 House select committee on Tuesday.
She said he told her this after she spoke with former President Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani, who told her "something to the effect of 'we're going to the Capitol.'"
Hutchinson said that Meadows "was scrolling through his phone; I remember leaning against the doorway and saying, 'I just had an interesting conversation with Rudy, Mark. It sounds like we're going to go to the Capitol.' He didn't look up from his phone and said something to the effect of 'there's a lot going on, Cass, but I don't know, things might get real, real bad on Jan. 6."
"That evening was the first moment that I remember feeling scared and nervous for what could happen on Jan. 6," she said.