January 6 committee member says panel will ask former Secret Service agent to testify again - CNN

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Rep. Zoe Lofgren, a subordinate of the House prime committee investigating the January 6, 2021, onslaught connected the US Capitol, told CNN connected Sunday the sheet volition inquire erstwhile Secret Service Assistant Director Tony Ornato to attest again.

“We’re successful a presumption successful the precise adjacent aboriginal to telephone the witnesses from the Secret Service backmost successful for a fewer further questions,” the California Democrat told CNN’s Pamela Brown connected “CNN Newsroom,” explaining that the sheet had wanted to “get done each the documentary grounds … implicit a cardinal documents,” which they’ve present done.

The House prime committee has made wide it believes Ornato was a cardinal fig who could supply invaluable accusation astir erstwhile President Donald Trump’s movements and intentions starring up to and connected January 6.

Not lone did Ornato erstwhile tally Trump’s detail, but helium besides made the unprecedented determination of joining White House unit arsenic the lawman main of unit successful December 2019 connected a impermanent duty and yet returned to the Secret Service to tally its grooming program.

To this point, Ornato has met with the sheet connected 2 occasions – successful January and March – arsenic portion of its investigation.

It’s not wide whether Ornato volition extremity up testifying related to the claims from Cassidy Hutchinson, an adjutant to erstwhile Trump White House main of unit Mark Meadows. Hutchinson specifically testified that Ornato had told her astir Trump lashing retired successful choler and lunging astatine a subordinate of his protective item arsenic helium demanded to beryllium taken to the Capitol connected January 6.

Asked Sunday who other from the Secret Service would beryllium called backmost to testify, Lofgren besides mentioned the caput of Trump’s Secret Service detail, Robert Engel, “and a fewer others,” but did not specify whom.

“We privation to marque definite that we’re getting the consecutive story. Some of the grounds received doesn’t look to align with immoderate of the documents, truthful we person a request to recognize that amended from them,” she said.