Staff Reports
The latest findings from the inspector general’s report have shone a bright light on the events of January 6, 2021, and it turns out that the rumors swirling around former President Trump are more fiction than fact. Contrary to the wild claims made by former White House aide Cassidy Hutchison, there is no verifiable evidence that Trump attempted to commandeer the Secret Service vehicle in a desperate attempt to head to the Capitol. Apparently, the only driving force was the agents advising against such a ridiculous detour.
According to the inspector general’s inquiry, the timeline is crucial. After his speech at the Ellipse, Trump expressed a desire to join his supporters at the Capitol, but he was promptly informed that the roads were impassable. This wasn’t the dramatic grandstanding depicted by the Democrats. The agents present in the car flatly refuted claims that the president lunged for the steering wheel like some over-the-top action movie. Instead, there was a consensus that while Trump was frustrated at being turned away, he didn’t go all ‘Fast and Furious’ on the chauffeur.
Read "Audit backs Trump on Jan. 6 claim; he did not lunge at agents to grab steering wheel
– Washington Times' on SmartNews: President Trump did try to have the Secret Service take him to the Capitol on the afternoon of Jan. 6, 2021 https://t.co/QrKAj9fV2Q— Robert Miller (@RobertM65859914) August 3, 2024
Furthermore, the account from Hutchison, often hailed as the star witness of the left’s January 6 extravaganza, takes another hit. Despite her claims of a crazed president attempting a physical take-over of the limousine, investigators found a striking lack of corroborating testimony from those sworn to protect him. Witnesses who were there during the incident confirmed that such antics did not happen, directly calling into question the reliability of Hutchison’s narrative.
The narrative continues to twist as it’s revealed that the Secret Service had its hands full on that infamous day. While there was genuine chaos brewing at the Capitol, the agency managed to move then-Vice President Mike Pence to safety mere minutes before rioters reached his location. It’s almost as if they were doing their job while the Democrats were busy cooking up tales of a presidential tantrum.
In a bizarre twist, it seems that the Democratic narrative extends even to the handling of the Secret Service’s internal communications, with accusations swirling about deleted messages in the wake of this audit. The former secret service director, Kimberly Cheatle, raised concerns over the investigation’s scope, suggesting it was read as an attack on agency integrity rather than a search for the truth. It appears the Democrats are desperate to keep their narrative alive, even if it means tripping over their own claims.
In the end, this report doesn’t just debunk the narrative against Trump; it highlights the lengths to which the opposition will go to paint a misleading picture. With every layer peeled back, it becomes clearer that facts have been selectively ignored in favor of a political agenda. As the truth emerges, one can’t help but wonder if the real scandal lies not within the actions of Trump but in the relentless attempts to distort reality for political gain.
