Jim Jordan signs off on criminal referral for key Jan. 6 witness against Trump [View all]

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House Republicans have formally asked for criminal charges against a key witness against President Donald Trump in the congressional Jan. 6 probe.

Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-GA) made a criminal referral of former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson to the Department of Justice accusing her of lying to Congress when she testified that Trump was aware of the potential of violence on Jan. 6, 2021, after summoning his supporters to Washington, D.C., and continued riling them up with claims of election fraud, sources told CNN.

"Loudermilk has long attempted to reframe the public perception of the events at the Capitol, including by scrutinizing the House committee that investigated the Capitol riot and found Trump was 'directly responsible' for the riot," CNN reported. "Loudermilk’s referral was co-signed by House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, who chairs the committee under which Loudermilk is running a probe of January 6."

Hutchinson, now 29, was the top aide to former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows at the end of Trump's first presidency, and she testified in summer 2022 before the House select committee created by then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi that she heard from others that Trump, now 79, had attempted to join his followers at the U.S. Capitol riot.