Trump tried to call a member of the White House support staff talking with January 6 committee

[BigmanPigman]

Source: CNN

"Former President Donald Trump tried to call a member of the White House support staff who was talking to the House select committee investigating January 6, 2021, two sources familiar with the matter tell CNN."

"The support staffer was not someone who routinely communicated with the former President and was concerned about the contact, according to the sources, and informed their attorney."

"The call was made after former Trump White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson testified publicly to the committee. The White House staffer was in a position to corroborate part of what Hutchinson had said under oath, according to the sources."

"CNN was told the position of the witness Trump tried to call, but not the person's name. Details about the witness Trump tried to contact have not been previously reported."

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/13/politics/trump-contact-white-house-support-staffer-january-6-committee/index.html

[Walleye]

1. I just chuckled thinking it might be the valet who wiped the catchup off the wall

[Deminpenn]

10. That was my first thought

when the phrase "WH support staff" was used.

[Walleye]

11. Rich people never think the servants are listening.They don't acknowledge their existence

[Deminpenn]

13. The valet could certainly verify the

food throwing incident Hutchinson described.

But you're right about staff often being thought of as just part of the scenery.

[Walleye]

14. You just know the household staff must've gotten sick of him pretty fast too

[pfitz59]

26. think about the WH chef reduced to burnt steak and hamberders

plenty of unhappy staffers

[ecstatic]

29. Lol! nt

[Zambero]

17. I'm reminded of the waiter who video recorded Romney's "47%" rant in 2012

During Mitt's spiel to deep-pocketed donors. Once revealed, the polls went from a dead heat to an Obama lead almost overnight. Many wealthy and powerful individuals miscalculate what "ordinary" humans are capable of doing.

[FoxNewsSucks]

22. Unfortunately, the only thing that changed for them

was to impose a ban on phones or cameras being available to the "commoners" and the "help".

The attitude of the billionaires didn't budge.

[OAITW r.2.0]

2. Real desperation if Trump is trying to influence this person's testimony....it's like he's acting as

a crime boss, trying to save his miserable ass.

[BigmanPigman]

4. Lawrence Tribe just said that

tRump basically said he is guilty of what he was accused of by this one, single act.

[wnylib]

15. Because he IS a crime boss trying to save his miserable ass

[ecstatic]

30. Also shows he's completely and utterly undisciplined and unmanageable.

He's completely incapable of following any laws. I'm sure his attorney told him at least 100 times not to do shit like that. His minions are probably too scared to help him intimidate any more witnesses so tfg committed the criminal act himself.

[herding cats]

3. I'm guessing essentially their testimony became somewhat moot when Cipollone stepped up?

Trump was panicking and trying to corner the lower tier, and then was hit with Pat Cipollone's testimony.

That had to be a rough day for him.

[sheshe2]

9. There was a tweet saying he butt- dialed, just like Guillianni.

Rudy Giuliani butt-dials NBC reporter, heard discussing need for cash and trashing Bidens


The call appeared to be one of the most unfortunate of faux pas: what is known, in casual parlance, as a butt dial.


https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/rudy-giuliani-butt-dials-nbc-reporter-heard-discussing-need-cash-n1071901

Nah, Rudi butt-dialed, Dump direct dialed from his toilet.

No way could tfg fit a phone in his pants.

[VoteBlue2175]

5. Trump

Good God what an idiot.

[Deuxcents]

6. The bigger they are, the harder they fall..

Maybe the DOJ has given him enough time/rope to do himself in.

[Bleacher Creature]

7. Please let there be a voicemail!!

[Gore1FL]

21. I would think the call records would be enough.

He'd have no legitimate reason to contact former staff members out-of-the-blue right before they gave testimony.

[jeffreyi]

8. I wish whoever the callee was had taken the call and recorded it.

[Deminpenn]

12. It's not clear how the recipient knew it was Trump

Caller ID or someone else answering and saying it was Trump wanting to talk?

[bamagal62]

16. Butt dial? You have to

Have the person in your contacts to butt dial. I’m sure Trump had a member of the White House support staff in his contacts.

[Major Nikon]

18. The most interesting part about this is he made the call himself

The previous attempt at witness tampering came from a surrogate. This tells me Trump is getting far more desperate the deeper he gets into it. It’s almost as if he knows he’s going to jail and has nothing to lose.

[BigmanPigman]

19. That's what Neal Katyal said too.

tRump can't find any lower level ass kissers to do his crimes for him anymore.

[Major Nikon]

20. Or he just thinks he can do a better job of witness tampering

The man is surrounded by sycophants, but it may be he’s starting to realize how incompetent they are given how many of them are in deep shit themselves. I have no doubt he still sees himself as the smartest guy in the room who can talk himself out of anything.

[Novara]

27. He can't recognize incompetence ...

... in others. He sure can't recognize it in himself. And he hires losers, so it's clear he can't recognize it in others. There are only people who will do things for him and people who won't. Which leads me to believe that he's running out of people to do things for him and now he has to do his own witness intimidation. That must make him even more unhinged, right? Heh.

There's no indication this person was going to testify in a public hearing, but the J6 committee was talking to them. Given that it's a low level staffer - not an appointee or their staff - they normally wouldn't be communicating with the orange fuck. In order for this person to know it was the orange fuck, he must have left a voice mail or there was caller ID. They wouldn't have had him in their contacts list. And it must have freaked out this person to get a call from the blue from the orange fuck. I mean, wouldn't you be thinking, "Why the hell is he calling ME?"

And how did the orange fuck find out this person was talking to the committee? There are lots of questions that need to be answered here.

[ecstatic]

31. Good question, how did tfg know they were talking?

Someone in the room with J6 committee members, whether a low-level staffer or Capitol building employee or contractor, either has direct access to tfg or provides information to a surrogate with direct access to tfg. Is that person/spy a loyal trumper or is it someone that was paid, threatened or blackmailed?

[Novara]

32. That's exactly my point

How did he know to go after this low level staffer? Somebody told him.

Now, it could be something as simple as this staffer telling someone who told someone else, and it got back to him. But I'd like to know how he found out this person was being interviewed.

[H2O Man]

23. Recommended.

I think it is the other young lady who worked in the White House, and after Cassidy Hutchinson testified, has been in contact with -- at least -- Liz Cheney. She hadn't been in the news previous to this, and there are indications she can testify to many things that are not hearsay.

[cloudboy07]

24. the former staffer work's at McDonald's & want's -----

connection to Big Mac for future reference for change of address! The club fed don't have those kind's of facilities!

[LetMyPeopleVote]

25. For this thread

Link to tweet

[Novara]

28. It's more than just ketchup on the walls, folks

I don't think the committee would waste their time if it's just that one incident they want corroborated. And even so, I can't see the committee wasting time hunting down he said/she said anecdotes just to confer credibility on Ms. Hutchinson's testimony. They ALREADY believe her to be very credible and they have far more important leads to chase.

No. This person has valuable information to the committee regarding the coup. Support staff is always present and although they may be ignored and blend into the background, they hear everything and they know everything that goes on.