"Creating a false equivalence between detailed testimony under oath and an anonymous source vouching for Trump is misleading at best and at worse serves the Trump camp’s disinformation machine. Nearly lost in the coverage was the anonymous source’s confirmation of the devastating fact that Trump was outraged at not being able to join the armed mob as it stormed the Capitol! The avalanche of media takes served only to smear the sole witness publicly testifying under oath on the matter. After Hutchinson’s devastating testimony, numerous media outlets reported that unnamed sources at the U.S. Secret Service claimed agents in Trump’s vehicle would dispute her account that Trump assaulted an agent or grabbed the steering wheel. The Jan. 6 committee has so far exercised due diligence and relied almost exclusively on named witnesses. The media should do the same.
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