On Monday afternoon, the House Jan. 6 committee, which was supposed to
be on a hiatus for the next two weeks, abruptly announced it would be
holding a hearing today at 1 p.m. “to present recently obtained evidence
and receive witness testimony.” 

The star witness is expected to be Cassidy Hutchinson, a former
executive assistant to ex-chief of staff Mark Meadows who has testified
three times behind closed doors, in February, March and May.

Hutchinson knows a lot. Before, on, and after Jan. 6, she had close
proximity to both Meadows and then-President Donald Trump.

“Almost all, if not all, meetings Mr. Trump had, I had insight on,” she
told the committee in March.

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