Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Barry Loudermilk Instructs Cassidy Hutchinson to Produce all January 6th Related Records

Letter

Dear Ms. Hutchinson:
I write to you today to request that you immediately preserve and produce to this
Subcommittee all records and materials in your possession related to the events of January 6th,
2021, and the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol
(“Select Committee”).
As Chairman of the Committee on House Administration Subcommittee on Oversight, I
have jurisdiction over the safety and security of the United States Capitol. This Subcommittee is
also the successor to the Select Committee and has the responsibility for all actions of the Select
Committee. It is imperative that this Subcommittee review any and all records and materials in
your possession that relate to the events of January 6th, 2021, and your interactions with the
Select Committee, to effectively fulfil its oversight responsibilities.
On June 28, 2022, you testified during one of the Select Committee’s primetime
hearings. During this hearing you asserted that former President Donald Trump attempted to
grab the steering wheel from one United States Secret Service employee driving the vehicle and
lunged at another. However, in your previous three transcribed interviews on February 23, 2022,
March 7, 2022, and May 17, 2022, you did not mention this interaction. You subsequently
testified that you spoke with Alyssa Farah Griffin in order to orchestrate the third interview with the Select Committee on May 17th without your attorney’s knowledge. Despite this, you did not
recount this attention-grabbing series of events during the May 17th interview.
Many have referred to you as the Select Committee’s “star witness.” Previous members
of the Select Committee touted your honesty and credibility as a witness. Since your public
testimony, you’ve maintained a public profile by writing a book and participating in numerous
media interviews.
This letter serves as formal notice and instruction to preserve and produce all documents,
communications, and other information, including electronic information and metadata, that is or
may be responsible to this congressional inquiry. This includes all materials you previously
turned over to the Select Committee. This instruction includes all electronic messages sent using
official and personal accounts or devices, including records created using text messages, phone based message applications, or encryption software. For purposes of this letter, “preserve”
includes taking reasonable steps to prevent the partial or full destruction, alteration, deletion,
shredding, wiping, relocation, migration, theft, mutation, or any negligent or reckless handling
that could affect the records or materials. This includes all records, notes, or documents prepared
by you for interviews with the Select Committee or the Department of Justice.

Please immediately preserve and provide all responsive materials no later than January
28, 2024, to the Subcommittee in complete, unredacted form. Thank you for your cooperation
with this important oversight matter.

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