Grand Jury Declines to Indict Cassidy Hutchinson Over Jan. 6 Testimony

A federal grand jury in Washington, D.C., has declined to indict Cassidy Hutchinson, a former aide in the Trump White House, after the Justice Department asked for criminal charges tied to statements she made to Congress in 2022. Two sources confirmed the outcome to Fox News Digital.

According to those sources, prosecutors had pursued an indictment over allegations that Hutchinson lied to the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. The effort failed on Tuesday, the sources said.

It is not yet clear whether federal prosecutors will try again to obtain an indictment.

Hutchinson was a top aide to Mark Meadows, who served as White House chief of staff under President Donald Trump. She became one of the most prominent witnesses before the House select committee, which examined the Capitol riot and Trump's efforts to challenge the results of the 2020 election.

In a nationally televised hearing in June 2022, Hutchinson testified about Trump's actions on Jan. 6. That included an account she said she heard from another White House official about the president's reaction after he was told he could not travel to the Capitol. Her description of an alleged confrontation inside the presidential vehicle was later disputed by other people familiar with the events.

Fox News Digital previously reported that a federal grand jury in Washington had heard evidence about possible false statements Hutchinson made to the committee. A source familiar with the matter said at that time that more evidence could go before the grand jury as soon as the following week, and that no final decision had been made on whether the investigation would lead to charges. The New York Post also reported that the Justice Department was examining Hutchinson over possible false statements to Congress.

The grand jury's decision does not settle whether her congressional testimony was truthful or false. Hutchinson has said in the past that she stands by what she told the committee.

Fox News Digital contacted the Justice Department, as well as the offices of Rep. Barry Loudermilk and Rep. Bennie Thompson, for comment.