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O'Donnell revisits Hutchinson's testimony after failed indictment bid

MS NOW's host examines the perjury allegations and argues that the attempted prosecution was retaliation for her January 6 testimony.

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Why this story? One of MS NOW's most watched videos since yesterday, with 467,220 views.

Lawrence: Trump tried to crush Cassidy Hutchinson. He failed.

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1:33O'Donnell reports that Hedley told a federal judge the grand jury declined to indict Hutchinson.
4:19Archival testimony recounts Trump's reaction inside the presidential vehicle on January 6.
5:57O'Donnell examines Ornato's testimony and the legal hurdles facing perjury allegations.
8:31O'Donnell argues that the attempted prosecution was politically motivated retaliation.
10:49Hutchinson describes an interaction with Liz Cheney after her depositions in a December 2023 archival clip.

Cassidy Hutchinson's testimony is back on screen, this time as Lawrence O'Donnell examines why an effort to indict the former White House aide failed.

In The Last Word segment, O'Donnell reports that a federal grand jury declined to indict Hutchinson over her January 6 testimony. He says Neville Hedley acknowledged that decision to a federal judge. The video drew roughly 467,000 views since yesterday.

The segment goes beyond the initial announcement by returning to Hutchinson's June 2022 appearance before the congressional committee investigating the Capitol attack. O'Donnell replays her account of Trump's reaction inside the presidential vehicle and testimony concerning his awareness of armed protesters.

A central part of his analysis concerns Tony Ornato's recollection and the legal hurdles facing perjury allegations. "Tony Ornato's testimony to the committee was 'I don't recall,'" O'Donnell says as he examines the accounts surrounding Hutchinson's testimony.

O'Donnell characterizes the attempted prosecution as political retaliation by Trump, rather than presenting that motive as an established finding of the grand jury. His commentary also returns to Hutchinson's own account of the experience: near the end, a December 2023 clip shows her describing an interaction with Liz Cheney after her depositions.

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