Greg Sargent: If Ornato responds to Hutchinson under oath, he can be asked about her other claims

[highplainsdem]

Link to tweet

[redstatebluegirl]

1. I bet he is willing to lie under oath for Trump.

Plus the Secret Service is really testy about their reputation as tough guys. Lots of pressure on both of them I bet.

[emulatorloo]

6. Bet if he does, the J6 commitee has the goods to prove he is committing perjury.

Aka other testimony given under oath that backs up what Cassidy Hutchinson said under oath

[wryter2000]

2. wryter2000 predicts

He'll decline the pleasure of testifying.

[Nevilledog]

3. WaPo article...no paywall

https://archive.ph/N21JI

Cassidy Hutchinson’s testimony about Jan. 6 continues to drive brutal headlines for Donald Trump across the country. Leading analysts are describing her revelations as alternately devastating, emotionally powerful and historic. Others are comparing her depiction of the former president’s insurrection to the most deranged presidential moments in U.S. history.

Yet Trump’s propagandists have found an answer. They are claiming Hutchinson’s appearance was a flop, based on the fact that a single anecdote about Trump — one barely related to the central allegations against him — is now being questioned by a handful of bit players in this saga who aren’t even offering this pushback publicly, let alone under oath.

In addition to providing an object lesson in how pro-Trump propaganda functions, this buffoonery reveals just how weak Trump’s defenses have become. The pushback is shriveling into meaningless trivialities even as the enormity of this scandal grows overwhelming.

Trump’s spinners have seized on Trump’s episode with the Secret Service. Hutchinson testified to the Jan. 6 select committee on Tuesday that Tony Ornato, then-White House deputy chief of staff, told her Trump erupted in fury as his detail refused to take him to the Capitol to join the mob, cursing and lunging for the steering wheel.

*snip*

[Raven123]

4. Good point. J6 committee plays a good game of chess

[agingdem]

7. there is no way the J6 committee would have

called an unscheduled hearing, put Hutchinson out front without massive amounts of corroborating evidence...and you can bet the committee is daring Ornato to testify under oath...if he lies (and they'll know if he's lying) that's perjury..

[Emile]

5. He better tell the truth. Trump will not protect him.

If he is.smart he would make a plea deal and spill the goods.