Grand jury declines to indict Trump critic Cassidy Hutchinson over Jan. 6 testimony
Updated on: October 27, 2026 / 6:39 PM EDT / CBS News
TL;DR
- Federal prosecutors were unable to secure an indictment against former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson.
- The indictment sought was related to her testimony concerning the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol.
- A litigator for the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division informed a judge that the grand jury did not concur on the proposed indictment.
- Hutchinson testified that Trump and Meadows were warned about armed supporters and that Trump wanted magnetometers removed.
- She also testified about an alleged incident where Trump lunged at the steering wheel of a vehicle, a claim later contradicted by the driver.