Former White House aide Hutchinson told a panel that on January 6, 2021 Donald Trump was irate in the presidential limousine and demanded to be taken to the Capitol to join his supporters.
When he was told that they would be going back to the White House, Hutchinson revealed the former president"said something to the effect of 'I'm the f'ing president, take me up to the Capitol now.'"
When Engel informed Trump that they were going back to the White House and not the Capitol where the insurrection was unfolding, Trump is alleged to have"used his free hand to lunge towards" Engel and reach for his clavicle area, according to Hutchinson, citing a conversation she had with Tony Ornato, a senior Secret Service official who was Trump's deputy chief of staff for operations.
"We can rule out #1, since the committee wouldn't leave Hutchinson open to being disproven. So it must be 2 or 3."as Hutchinson was delivering her testimony,
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