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Jan 6 committee member says former Secret Service agent will be asked to testify again


Representative Zoe Lofgren, a member of the House Select Committee investigating the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol, told CNN Sunday that the panel will ask the former Assistant Superintendent Secret Service director Tony Ornato testified again.

“We’re in a position in the very near future to call back witnesses from the Secret Service to ask some more questions,” the California Democrat told CNN’s Pamela Brown on “CNN Newsroom,” explaining liked that the board wanted to “pass all documentary evidence … more than a million documents,” which they did.

The House Select Committee has made it clear that it believes Ornato is a central figure who can provide valuable information about former President Donald Trump’s movements and intentions before and on January 6.

Ornato not only once ran Trump’s details, but also made the unprecedented move of joining the White House staff as deputy chief of staff in December 2019 on interim duties and eventually returning. Secret Service to run its training program.

So far, Ornato has met the panel twice – in January and March – as part of the investigation.

It is unclear whether Ornato will eventually testify regarding statements from Cassidy Hutchinson, an aide to Trump’s former Chief of Staff Mark Meadows. Hutchinson specifically testified that Ornato told her about Trump angrily attacking and rushing a member of his defense when he asked to be taken to the Capitol on January 6.

When asked Sunday who else from the Secret Service would be called back to testify, Lofgren also detailed Trump’s Secret Service head, Robert Engel, “and several others, ” but did not specify who.

“We wanted to make sure we were getting the story straight. Some of the testimony received didn’t seem to fit with some of the documents, so we needed to get a better understanding of that,” she said.

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