June 28, 2022: What the Jan. 6 committee's star witness knows
On Monday afternoon, the House Jan. 6 committee, which was supposed to be on a hiatus for the next two weeks, abruptly announced it would be holding a hearing today at 1 p.m. \u201cto present recently obtained evidence and receive witness testimony.\u201d\xa0\nThe star witness is expected to be Cassidy Hutchinson, a former executive assistant to ex-chief of staff Mark Meadows who has testified three times behind closed doors, in February, March and May.\nHutchinson knows a lot. Before, on, and after Jan. 6, she had close proximity to both Meadows and then-President Donald Trump.\n\u201cAlmost all, if not all, meetings Mr. Trump had, I had insight on,\u201d she told the committee in March.\nSubscribe to the POLITICO Playbook newsletter\nRaghu Manavalan is the Host of POLITICO's Playbook.Jenny Ament is the Executive Producer of POLITICO Audio.