June 29, 2022: Jan. 6 panel may have found its 'smoking gun'
It\u2019s hard to imagine how Tuesday\u2019s surprise hearing of the House Jan. 6 committee could\u2019ve been more damning for President Donald Trump.\nWith vivid stories told in measured tones, Cassidy Hutchinson, a former special assistant to the president and aide to chief of staff Mark Meadows, \u201cstitched together every element of the panel\u2019s case against Donald Trump,\u201d our Kyle Cheney and Nicholas Wu write. \u201cThe Capitol riot committee has painted the former president\u2019s potential criminal culpability for his effort to overturn the election in stark hues: investigators have portrayed Trump fuming atop an increasingly conspiracy-addled West Wing and working to corrupt the peaceful transfer of power at any cost.\u201d\nSubscribe to the POLITICO Playbook newsletter\nRaghu Manavalan is the Host of POLITICO's Playbook.Jenny Ament is the Executive Producer of POLITICO Audio.