Overview
- Federal officials opened an inquiry into Cassidy Hutchinson for alleged false statements to Congress, reported Tuesday by multiple outlets citing people familiar with the matter.
- Department leadership sent the case to the Civil Rights Division under Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon instead of the Washington, D.C., U.S. Attorney’s Office led by Jeanine Pirro, a rare move for this kind of allegation.
- The review follows a March referral from Rep. Barry Loudermilk, who accused Hutchinson of lying about Trump’s awareness of possible violence and a reported lunge at a Secret Service agent during her 2022 House testimony.
- Then–Attorney General Pam Bondi advanced the matter as she sought to keep her job, even as some Justice Department officials questioned whether a chargeable case existed, and she was fired last week.
- No charges have been announced, and the atypical assignment fits reporting on a wider push to investigate Trump critics that has often met resistance from judges, grand juries, and some department prosecutors.