Grand jury declines to indict Trump critic Cassidy Hutchinson over Jan. 6 testimony

Updated on: October 27, 2026 / 6:02 PM EDT / CBS News

Federal prosecutors were rebuffed in their effort to secure an indictment against former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson over her testimony related to the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol, according to four sources briefed on the grand jury proceedings.

The Justice Department has not yet responded to a request for comment.

The Washington Post first reported that the grand jury declined to indict Hutchinson.

Hutchinson, who was a top aide to White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, angered President Trump's allies and his base when she testified in 2022 before the House select committee investigating the 2021 Capitol attack.

In depositions and congressional testimony, Hutchinson said that Mr. Trump and Meadows were warned on Jan. 6 that some of his supporters were carrying weapons to the Capitol, but Mr. Trump said he didn't care — and he tried to order officials to remove the magnetometers at the rally where he spoke that morning.

She also relayed a story she said had been told to her by then-White House deputy chief of staff Tony Ornato, in which Mr. Trump grew incensed after his lead Secret…

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