Was Cassidy Hutchinson the “Keystone” To Bringing Down Trump?

Man, this is unraveling faster than a cat with a cardigan sweater. First the J6 committee is going on hiatus for at least two weeks while they evaluate new evidence. Then, there’s the sudden announcement of an emergency hearing with less than 24 hours. The committee would not identify the witness in advance.

The witness turned out to be 26-year-old former top Mark Meadows aide Cassidy Hutchinson, and she blew the doors off. We learned that Trump not only knew that Trump supporters were armed at the Ellipse, he ordered the Secret Service to remove the metal detectors and let them in. Giving the DOJ fiat edged criminal intent. We also learned that Cipollone begged her to not let the group go to the Capitol, or they would be charged with every crime imaginable. And we learned that Trump was so pissed off at not being able to go to the Capitol that he got physical with his Secret Service detail.

But committee Vice Chair Liz Cheney had a hole card of her own to play. In her closing statement, she showed two examples of possible witness tampering by Trump and/pr Trump loyalists, and promised that attempted witness intimidation would be harshly dealt with.

And then the wheels started coming off. That was on Tuesday, but today MSNBC not only confirmed that Hutchinson had received the phone call or text the day before her hearing, but also that the A person mentioned in the phone call was in fact Hutchinson’s previous boss, Mark Meadows.

Meadows almost immediately had a spokesman issue a classic non denial denial. Meadows didn’t deny that a conversation took place, only that there was nothing inappropriate discussed in the call. Now, why an ass clown who spent almost a decade in congress chasing every camera he could find can’t make his own denial is beyond me.

But just as importantly, today Cassidy Hutchinson got some much needed corroboration. While the Trumptards haven’t said a word to refute the substance of Hutchinson’s testimony, they’ve been on their hind legs to deny and refute the story about Traitor tot going postal in the limo. One small problem. Multiple news outlets have now confirmed and reported that Trump’s meltdown was common knowledge throughout the Secret Service.

But here’s the thing. Since Cheney broke the accusations of Trump regime witness tampering, multiple former federal prosecutors and US Attorneys have come out and said that that one charge, Hutchinson may have handed Merrick Garland the keys to the kingdom in bringing the Trump mob down.

Here’s why. According to the prosecutors, the witness tampering law is incredibly broad on purpose. It doesn’t matter what the caller actually said, if the recipient actually feels pressured, intimidated, or enticed, then it doesn’t matter if it works or not, it was an attempt at witness intimidation. And that hands the prosecutors Willy Wonka’s Golden Ticket.

Because now they can haul the miscreant who made the phone call to Hutchinson in front of the grand jury, probe the purpose and content of the call, as well as the intention, and the probe whether the person had any prior contact with Meadows.

And if he or she did, then the door is wide open. The DOJ can go to court and request a search warrant for Meadows’ phone record. And there isn’t a privilege on the books that trumps the crime/fraud exception. And if they find timely communications between Meadows and Trump, well, now you’re in the inner sanctum.

But here’s the McGuffin. This situation with Cassidy Hutchinson isn’t a one-off. According to Cheney, there have been multiple attempts to intimidate or buy off committee witnesses, and the committee knows who they are. And if they start making criminal referrals to the DOJ, then who knows where this is finally going to lead.