Malcolm Nance just criticized Cassidy Hutchinson for

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69. She lied because the Trump lawyer told her to.

She had no money to pay an independent lawyer, and there were veiled threats and promises.

"If you want to know at the end, we'll let you know, but we're not telling people where funding is coming from right now," she said he told her. "Don't worry, we're taking care of you. Like, you're never going to get a bill for this, so if that's what you're worried about."

She also told the committee that Passantino had told her that it was fine to deflect certain questions by simply saying she did not recall, according to the transcript.

She described efforts by the lawyer to shape her testimony, telling her after one practice session not to read "anything about this on the internet."

"He said, 'Again, Cass, like, just trust me on this. I'm your lawyer. I know what's best for you. The less you remember, the better. Don't read anything to try to jog your memory. Don't try to put together timelines,"' she described him as saying. https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2022/12/22/cassidy-hutchinson-january-6-trump-lawyer