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Donald Trump Steers Himself into a Legal Morass

Bloomberg
Wed, 29 Jun 2022

Donald Trump Steers Himself into a Legal Morass

Trump White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson's evidence to the Jan 6 committee was devastating for Trump (Image: Getty)

Bloomberg
Wed, 29 Jun 2022

By Jonathan Bernstein(Opinion) -- We’ve run out of words to describe the magnitude of the evidence unearthed by the House Jan 6 committee, or the enormity of what former US president Donald Trump was responsible for in the period between the 2020 election and when he left office.But Tuesday’s surprise hearing with star witness Cassidy Hutchinson, the close assistant to Mark Meadows, Trump’s final chief of staff, topped them all.In two absolutely gripping hours that filled in one important detail after another, Hutchinson testi...

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