A federal grand jury in Washington, D.C., has declined to indict former Trump White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson, ending - for now - a Justice Department effort to charge her with lying to the House Jan. 6 committee, according to two sources who spoke to Fox News. The attempt failed on Tuesday.
Cassidy Hutchinson (via AP)The outcome surfaced in court. In a brief appearance, a Justice Department attorney told a judge the grand jury had returned a "non-concurrence," meaning the panel rejected the indictment prosecutors sought. The prosecutor did not name a defendant, but sources familiar with the matter confirmed he was referring to Hutchinson.
The case was brought by the department's Civil Rights Division, and the grand jury, which typically has 16 to 23 members, "rejected the effort," a source told the Washington Examiner.
Hutchinson, an aide to then-chief of staff Mark Meadows, testified to the committee on June 28, 2022. The charge would have rested on her televised account, which she attributed to another White House official, of Trump's reaction after being told he could not travel
