DC police officer in Trump Jan. 6 motorcade corroborates details of heated Secret Service exchange

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: CNN

(CNN)A Washington, DC, police officer has corroborated to the House select committee investigating January 6, 2021, details regarding a heated exchange former President Donald Trump had with his Secret Service detail when he was told he could not go to the US Capitol after his rally, a source familiar with the matter tells CNN.

The officer with the Metropolitan Police Department was in the motorcade with the Secret Service for Trump on January 6 and recounted what was seen to committee investigators, according to the source. A spokesperson for the committee declined to comment. A spokesperson for Metropolitan Police Department did not immediately respond to comment. The description of the angry exchange between Trump and his Secret Service detail was a striking moment during the June testimony from former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson.

Hutchinson said that she heard a secondhand account told to her by then-White House deputy chief of staff Tony Ornato that Trump was so enraged at his Secret Service detail for blocking him from going to the Capitol on the day of the insurrection that "he reached up towards the front of the vehicle to grab at the steering wheel" and "then used his free hand to lunge towards" his Secret Service lead agent Robert Engel. Hutchinson testified that Ornato told her the story in front of Engel and he did not dispute the account.

Neither of the agents named in the testimony have commented publicly on Hutchinson's testimony. But soon after it, a Secret Service official who would only speak on background, said Engel would deny parts of the story regarding Trump grabbing at the steering wheel and lunging toward an agent on his detail. The agency has said the agents involved would testify to that effect, though they have not yet gone back to the committee to testify.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/14/politics/trump-secret-service-january-6-metropolitan-police-officer/index.html

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Full headline: DC police officer in Trump Jan. 6 motorcade corroborates details of heated Secret Service exchange to committee

[Lovie777]

1. That......

and have the 10 GQP congresscritters' obtain lawyers yet?

[Historic NY]

2. So now the 2 SS agents are left with either lying or coming clean...

The committee should have them come in soon

[paleotn]

4. Unwritten rule in SS

Protect the president's privacy. I think maybe they're taking that rule too far. Think about it, the SS knows every single detail of a president's activities 24/7 for however long he or she is in office. Minute details. They have to. But that's also a political gold mine for the opposition, whoever that might be. Thus, they are a notoriously tight lipped bunch. BUT...In this case, the fate of the democracy is at stake, so they really need to set that unwritten rule aside, if for nothing else, to avoid perjury. The not so unwritten rule about our judiciary and Congress.

[LiberalLovinLug]

5. Can you imagine all the times they must have ended their work day in utter exasperation?

Before Jan 6th.

During the 4 years he was in office. I'm sure they could tell a lot of stories if they so chose. A lot of baby tantrums they had to endure.

[paleotn]

6. Oh, my god. Seriously!

Talk about a toxic work environment.

[PSPS]

12. Most or all of trump's SS detail were MAGA. Conveniently, they deleted all of their text messages.

There's no shortage of MAGA moles in every federal agency and every branch of government, including judiciary, now.

[SunSeeker]

15. Exactly. nt

[Kaleva]

16. SS knew about JFKs affairs but were very tight lipped bout it.

[paleotn]

29. Exactly...

Their job is to protect the president, not be a source for political attacks. Then again, what if the president is actively planning sedition or even treason? One would think their oath to the Constitution would kick in.

[Cha]

3. Score! TY & the DC Police Officer.

Focus!
Please Fight to Save Our Democracy💙 in 2022 & 2024!

[SheltieLover]

7. Kicking for visibility

[Wednesdays]

8. The Committee had corroboration to Hutchinson's testimony even BEFORE her public hearing

I'll bet my house on that!

[2naSalit]

17. +1

[calimary]

9. MOST interesting.

[BootinUp]

10. big K&R

[Martin68]

11. This is turning into a very relevant incident.

[Bayard]

13. K&R

[SunSeeker]

14. As does the video clip, showing Trump motioning his hands around the driver's head.

But the Secret Service tried to lie that it didn't happen. And erased their text messages from that day. There needs to be a major housecleaning at the Secret Service.

[Kali]

24. what?

video clip? got a link?

[SunSeeker]

25. Here you go...

The snippet is repeatedly shown throughout this clip, first time at 3:00.

[Kali]

26. dang!

I thought maybe it was like a dashboard camera - from inside. thought I might have really missed something good!

[SunSeeker]

27. Maybe the Secret Service erased any dash cam from that day...

...like they did their texts.

[Kali]

28. bingo!

[867-5309.]

18. What details did he corroborate?

The article doesn't really address that.

[BumRushDaShow]

19. Apparently that there WAS a "heated exchange" between 45 and the SS

Link to tweet

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“This person has corroborated some of what Cassidy Hutchinson says.”

– CNN’s @evanperez reports that a DC police officer backed up some of the details surrounding former President Donald Trump’s alleged altercation in the limo with the Secret Service on January 6.
9:07 PM · Jul 14, 2022

When they do those motorcades (and before I retired, I would try to steer clear of them since I worked downtown near I-95 where that was used for the direct route to/from the airport), you not only have the feds with them (all sorts of units), but the local police participating as an escort ahead and behind.

For example, this was a video from when Biden was on his way to Robb Elementary in Uvalde -

Every one of those vehicles were part of the motorcade. All other vehicles are cleared from driving on the route until the motorcade has passed.

So in the case of 45 on January 6, you had piles of LEO there in addition to the SS - and probably moreso given this was at an outside event and someone (or many "someones" ) saw something. You would have local and state motorcycle patrols, local marked and unmarked vehicles (of all types - cars, vans, even buses), as well as trucks (the above video showed what looked like either a bomb squad and/or SWAT truck).

[867-5309.]

21. Thanks for the info

Listening to the video, I'm still just getting that he corroborated something, but we don't know what.

The angry exchange is what's important. The stuff about Trump lunging for the wheel and grabbing someone by the throat is a distraction, imo. The important part is he was very determined to get to the Capitol.

[BumRushDaShow]

23. Yeah I posted what the general idea was and significance below

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=2943311

[Novara]

20. Because grabbing a steering wheel is more important than sending an armed mob to the Capitol?

Who cares? This is a fucking sideshow.

[BumRushDaShow]

22. This is to not only establish "Dereliction of Duty", but intent

using a preponderance of evidence to show that what happened January 6 wasn't just "spontaneous", but was planned, coordinated, and sanctioned by the very top.

I.e., 45 would waltz into the middle of the crowds outside of the Capitol and declare victory while the Electoral Count tally was underway.

This revelation about the plan resulted in everyone around knowing that allowing that to happen would be even more explosive than what we saw eventually happen, and that was when THAT plan was thwarted - with the fuss that ensued described in the OP and earlier testimony.

[leftyladyfrommo]

30. That was the worst kept secret in town

everybody heard it.