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NEW YORK: A former aide in Donald Trump’s White House says chief of staff Mark Meadows burned papers so often after the 2020 election that it left his office smoky and even prompted his wife to complain that his suits smelled “like a bonfire”. Cassidy Hutchinson, who was a prominent congressional witness against former President Trump before the House January 6 committee, described the burning papers in a new book “Enough”.
Hutchinson was a White House staffer in her 20s who worked for Meadows and testified for two hours about the White House’s inner workings leading up to and including the Jan 6, 2021 insurrection. In her book, Hutchinson writes that starting in mid-December, Meadows wanted a fire burning in his office every morning. She says that when she would enter his office to bring him lunch or a package, she “would sometimes find him leaning over the fire, feeding papers into it.” She said she did not know what papers he was burning but said it raised alarms as federal law regarding presidential records requires staff to keep original documents and send them to the National Archives.
Hutchinson in her book also described a moment on the morning of January 6, when she said former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani groped her. She said he slid his hand under her blazer and her skirt and ran his hand on her thigh after showing her documents related to his efforts to overturn the election. Giuliani has denied the allegation.
Hutchinson was a White House staffer in her 20s who worked for Meadows and testified for two hours about the White House’s inner workings leading up to and including the Jan 6, 2021 insurrection. In her book, Hutchinson writes that starting in mid-December, Meadows wanted a fire burning in his office every morning. She says that when she would enter his office to bring him lunch or a package, she “would sometimes find him leaning over the fire, feeding papers into it.” She said she did not know what papers he was burning but said it raised alarms as federal law regarding presidential records requires staff to keep original documents and send them to the National Archives.
Hutchinson in her book also described a moment on the morning of January 6, when she said former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani groped her. She said he slid his hand under her blazer and her skirt and ran his hand on her thigh after showing her documents related to his efforts to overturn the election. Giuliani has denied the allegation.
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