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DOJ weighs perjury, obstruction charges against Jan. 6 witness Cassidy Hutchinson

Federal prosecutors have been considering perjury and obstruction-of-justice charges against Cassidy Hutchinson, the former Mark Meadows aide whose testimony to the January 6 committee implicated Trump, according to two sources familiar with the matter. Any grand jury indictment is not expected before the midterm elections, the sources said. Prosecutors have reportedly compared her committee transcripts with later interviews given to former special counsel Jack Smith's team, focusing on inconsistencies including her account of an alleged notecard statement and a disputed Secret Service altercation.

wired.com · 2026-10-09

Researcher Robert Pape: Capitol rioters were mostly mainstream Americans, not extremists

In his new book, Our Own Worst Enemies, Robert Pape presents data from the Chicago Project on Security and Threats showing that 90 percent of those charged over the January 6, 2021 Capitol attack had no ties to militias or militant groups. His analysis found 22 percent were business owners, nearly 30 percent held college degrees, and almost 40 percent worked white-collar jobs, with only 8 percent unemployed.

wired.com · 2026-10-01