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In an executive summary of its final report released on Monday, the January 6 committee said that it received confirmation from several sources that former President Donald Trump engaged in a „furious interaction“ in his SUV on January 6, 2021.
Details of the altercation first became public in June, when former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson provided explosive testimony to the committee during a public hearing.
She said at the time that Tony Ornato, then the White House deputy chief of staff, told her that Trump lunged at the steering wheel inside a presidential SUV after his rally on the Ellipse when he was informed by Secret Service agent Bobby Engel that he would not be able to go to the Capitol due to security concerns.
Hutchinson testified that Ornato told her that Trump „said something to the effect of, ‚I’m the effing president, take me up to the Capitol now,“ and that Ornato „motioned towards his clavicles“ when recounting the encounter with Engel.
