Legal analyst reveals how Trump’s lawyers will go after Cassidy Hutchinson — and whether it’ll work
Former Mark Meadows aide Cassidy Hutchinson will release her tell-all book on Friday, revealing details about what she observed in Donald Trump's administration.
After spending nearly a year in hiding, Hutchinson revealed some of the details about her testimony to the House Select Committee investigating the 2020 election overthrow attempt and the attack on the Capitol.
She explained that among the things she came to realize is that after being told to say "I don't recall" or "I don't know," her testimony was filled with such statements – though she says she remembered clearly.
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Speaking to MSNBC's Chris Jansing on Sunday, legal analyst Catherine Christian explained that many of the things that Hutchinson said could ultimately be the target of Trump's legal team.
"So she's really important, and yet she also revealed in an interview yesterday that before she switched lawyers from her original attorney who was paid for by a Trump PAC, right?" asked Jansing. "She was advised, the less you recall the better.
"...So on one hand, Catherine, you could say, oh, she had a lawyer that was telling her to do something that she should not have done. On the other, couldn't Trump's lawyers, couldn't the defense team, lean into that and say, look she's not a credible witness, if she was willing to say something before and change her story? Who's to say the story now is true?"
Christian, who previously served 30 years in public service for the Manhattan district attorney's office, explained that it will likely be the argument but she's not certain it will work.
"Her response would be that was because the lawyer who was provided to me by the Trump campaign was encouraging me to do that," said Christian. "My conscience got the better of me, and I said you know what, I have to tell the truth. I'm not going to follow that advice. I'm going to tell the truth now."
Jansing asked if juries find that believable, and Christian assured her that they would.
"I also will say the prosecutors are very upset anytime a witness they have is on TV and talking about the case, but it is what it is," said Christian. "And as long as she's not inconsistent with what she's told them, it's fine. You know, the defense is going to say she's doing this to sell a book. That's fine, as long as she is truthful and the jury believes she's credible."
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