Hutchinson Saw Meadows Burn Documents 'A Dozen Times' In His Fireplace
A former aide to Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, Cassidy Hutchinson, has been dishing out the dirt on the ex-president and her boss. Jessica Schneider discussed the latest drop of Jan. 6 transcripts, which looks pretty bad for Meadows. She said that Hutchinson alleged she saw Meadows routinely burning documents in a fireplace.
"We have all the transcripts from Cassidy Hutchinson," Schneider said. "We're learning more details, particularly how she told the committee how she saw Chief of Staff Mark Meadows burning documents in his office fireplace around a dozen times, which she says amounted to once or twice a week between December 2020 and January 2021. She says at least twice she saw Meadows burning documents after he had meetings with Republican Congressman Scott Perry, who, in fact, was subpoenaed by the committee but never complied."
"She said, in particular, Mark Meadows brought up the conspiracy theories," Schneider continued. "Cassidy Hutchinson said she had this exchange with White House trade adviser Peter Navarro. She said, at one point, 'I had sarcastically said, is this from your QAnon friends, Peter? He said, have you looked into it yet, Cass? I think they point out a lot of good ideas. Make sure that you read this.' When she was asked by Liz Cheney if Navarro was being sarcastic, Hutchinson said, 'I did not take it as sarcasm.'"