The U.S. House of Representatives committee investigating the January 6th insurrection has released a new batch of transcripts

Washington, December 29 (RHC)-- The U.S. House of Representatives committee investigating the January 6th insurrection has released a new batch of transcripts, including the explosive testimony from Trump staffer Cassidy Hutchinson, who said former Chief of Staff Mark Meadows burned documents in his office fireplace “once or twice a week” in the final weeks of the Trump administration. 

The transcripts confirm earlier reports that Hutchinson said at least two of the burnings came after meetings with Congressmember Scott Perry, who has been linked to a plan to use the Justice Department to overturn Trump’s 2020 loss. 

Meanwhile, Trump’s director of personnel testified the former president considered “blanket pardons” for people facing charges linked to the attack on the Capitol.

William Walker, the House sergeant-at-arms and then-head of the D.C. National Guard, told lawmakers: “I’m African American.  I think it would have been a vastly different response if those were African Americans trying to breach the Capitol.  You’re looking at someone who gets stopped by police for driving a high-value government vehicle.  No other reason.” 

Last week, the House committee recommended that the U.S. Justice Department issue criminal charges against Donald Trump.