Whew! This has become a big unwieldy thread......600+ posts... ....but who can deny that the topic ain't important.
I've got some quotes I'll respond to below, but first, I have to say today's witness, Hutchinson, was credible and compelling. She was an 'insider'....hell, her office was on the hallway leading to the Oval Office and closer to the Oval than Mark Meadow's own office. She was right there, on the premises, and in the company of these men and others who were close to them. She is an on-site eyewitness who was there. And she built on that with credible and detailed accounts of events.
I wish her well. Her 'career' as a Republican administrator and operative is likely now destroyed. And, given what we've been hearing about threats to the lives and families of other witnesses, well, she was courageous to put herself at such risk. Americans can admire her.
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I would suggest "all of the facts"......for anything, be it a large rambling event of this nature, with the size of the cast of players, the time frame and geographical reach.......well, not all will ever be known. But importantly, the important facts can be. And enough of them for interested, responsible people to make valid determinations.....be they us common citizens, or legal authorities.
And it is to that end that intense investigations such as this one help all of us loyal Americans.
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Yes, this young woman was in a position to know about what she is relaying; and she offered us all enough detailed factoids to burnish her credibility and lend credence to her accounts. And yes, Trump and Meadows did not come out the other end of her testimony as appearing to be admirable men.
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I agree on both accounts. May she and her family be safe from the more nutsocrazo Trump supporters.
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I don't 'know', of course, but I can speculate. First, why didn't it leak? Well, notably nearly every single witness has been a Republican.....with careers, jobs, livelihoods, families. And by going to the press, going to law enforcement over, say, your disgust over your boss's actions is not without risk.
And then, vis-a-vis the Secret Service & Trump. As I understand it the relationship between any SS detail and the official they regularly assigned to protect with their life is a unique and intense one. An SS officer who 'leaked' that wrestling match...either as a participant or an observer would very very likely be re-assigned, at minimum. Or find himself on the street looking for another line of work.
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Honest, Rosie......you really truly believe this young Hutchinson woman was lying today? That he female Capitol officer who was savaged by the mob was lying about her experience?
If you do, fine. You be you. However, I do not. Both of them....and other witnesses ....have come across in my viewing as truthful. As responsible, caring, and credible.