From CNN:
The January 6 committee made a startling allegation on Monday, claiming it had evidence that a Trump-backed attorney urged a key witness to mislead the committee about details they recalled.
Though the committee declined to identify the people, CNN has learned that Stefan Passantino, the top ethics attorney in the Trump White House, is the lawyer who allegedly advised his then-client, former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson, to tell the committee that she did not recall details that she did, sources familiar with the committee’s work tell CNN.
Trump’s Save America political action committee funded Passantino and his law firm Elections LLC, including paying for his representation of Hutchinson, other sources tell CNN. Hutchinson asked about the financial set up at the time but was never told the details, according to the committee.
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We learned yesterday that a Trump WH lawyer had asked witnesses to deceive the Jan. 6 committee, but the fact that it was Cassidy Hutchinson is brand new news. It makes sense — we already knew that at some point Cassidy ditched her Trump-appointed lawyer and got her own, unaffiliated representation. It was likely the request that she lie that made her switch lawyers.
Three cheers for Ms. Hutchinson, a former Trump WH employee turned hero.
Let there be little doubt that Stefan Passantino was acting under orders of TFG himself. Lock him up!