A federal grand jury in Washington has declined to indict former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson on criminal charges. Federal prosecutors failed to secure the indictment on Tuesday following an investigation into her testimony regarding the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol.
Hutchinson had provided dramatic but disputed testimony before a House committee investigating the insurrection, in which she implicated Donald Trump and detailed his conduct on the day of the riot. Throughout the investigation, Hutchinson has maintained that her testimony was truthful.
This decision marks the latest setback in the Justice Department's efforts to charge perceived adversaries of the Republican president. The failed indictment is one of many for federal prosecutors during the second Trump administration.