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Grand Jury Declines to Indict Cassidy Hutchinson

By Drooid · Oct 28, 2026 · How we work

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Summary

Grand jury in Washington, D.C., declined to indict former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson, issuing a “no bill.”
Department of Justice (DOJ) prosecutors, via Civil Rights Division, offered evidence in October seeking charges for allegedly lying to Jan. 6 committee.
U.S. President Donald Trump urged indictment, calling Hutchinson a “total phony” and “bad news.”
Secret Service drivers and a 2024 transcript said Trump never lunged at SUV steering wheel, contradicting her testimony.

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Former Attorney General Pam Bondi launched the federal probe into Hutchinson weeks before leaving the Justice Department.
Civil Rights Division, headed by Harmeet Dhillon, is overseeing the case despite its typical discrimination focus.
Rep. Barry Loudermilk sent a criminal referral to the Justice Department in March urging prosecution.
House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan signed the referral, while DOJ staff warned the case might seem like political retaliation.

History

1972 grand jury indictments of the seven Watergate burglars intensified the scandal that forced President Nixon’s resignation. In 1974 the same mechanism indicted seven Nixon aides, the first time a president was named an unindicted co-conspirator. The D.C. grand jury’s 2024 decision not to charge former aide Cassidy Hutchinson revives that historic check on executive power.

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1972 grand jury indictments of the seven Watergate burglars intensified the scandal that forced President Nixon’s resignation. In 1974 the same mechanism indicted seven Nixon aides, the first time a president was named an unindicted co-conspirator. The D.C. grand jury’s 2024 decision not to charge former aide Cassidy Hutchinson revives that historic check on executive power.

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