Mark Meadows BURNED White House documents in his fireplace during the final weeks of the Trump administration, Cassidy Hutchinson told the Jan. 6 committee
- Hutchinson said he “threw in documents” as he put fresh logs on the fire
- She testified on May 17 that it happened “about a dozen times.”
- The former aide said it also happened after meeting with Rep. Scott Perry
Former White House Chief of Staff Cassidy Hutchinson testified that her boss, Mark Meadows, burned documents in his office fireplace “about a dozen times,” according to newly released transcripts.
Hutchinson, a key witness at the Jan. 6 committee hearings, testified May 17 that Meadows would throw in documents if he put new logs on the fire in December 2020.
“I remember about a dozen times where he would take the — I don’t remember the official name for the chimney cover — but take it off and then throw in a couple more slips of paper as he put more logs on the chimney,” he said them according to transcripts.
The 25-year-old former aide said he threw documents into the fire a number of times after meeting with Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., who has spearheaded Donald Trump’s vote-rigging campaign.
Hutchinson, a key witness at the Jan. 6 committee hearings, testified May 17 that Meadows would throw in documents if he put new logs on the fire in December 2020
A couple of times, Meadows threw documents on fire upstairs after meeting with Rep. Scott Perry, she said, who has been at the forefront of Donald Trump’s vote-rigging campaign
“He was in meetings all day, so it was after meetings too. I don’t know of any specific documents. I know maybe three or four times – between two and four times he’d had Mr. Perry in his office a short time before.’
Hutchinson added that the pair were discussing “election issues,” specifically “the role of the vice president on Jan. 6.”
Perry has been linked to efforts to install Jeffrey Clark as Attorney General and use the Justice Department to overturn the election.
Hutchinson said she wasn’t aware of what documents were involved – whether they were copies or originals that were required by law to be kept.
Hutchinson worked in the Trump White House on the legislative affairs team and under Meadows.
In her testimony over the summer, she provided embarrassing anecdotes about Trump’s behavior — including that he tried to grab the wheel of the presidential limousine, the “Beast,” after being told he couldn’t go to the Capitol Building on Jan. 6 , and threw food at the wall after Attorney General Bill Barr said there was no widespread fraud in the 2020 election.
She also shared that before Jan. 6, Meadows “concerns were raised.”