Justice Department fails to indict former White House aide over her testimony about Trump and Jan. 6, sources say

CNN · MS NOW and MS NOW report that a Washington grand jury has turned down an attempt by the Justice Department to charge Cassidy Hutchinson, a onetime White House aide, tied to what she told Congress about Donald Trump and the Capitol riot of January 6, 2021. The outcome matters because it adds to a run of politically charged cases against people Trump is seen as opposing that have stalled before grand jurors.

A federal prosecutor told a magistrate judge on Tuesday that jurors had returned a "non-concurrence," which MS NOW explains means a majority could not agree to indict. Both outlets cite two people familiar with the matter. MS NOW adds that lawyers from the department's Civil Rights Division pursued a false-statements theory, and that it was the only such result that day. CNN says some department staff doubted the evidence was strong enough, while Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana called the effort "lawfare."

Hutchinson, who worked for Mark Meadows, has stood by her account. Parts of it, including a story about Trump and a Secret Service member, were secondhand, and Tony Ornato and others deny it. Republican Reps. Barry Loudermilk and Jim Jordan had urged prosecution.

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