(Dmytro “Henry” Aleksandrov, Headline USA) The usually sane and rational Washington Examiner has apparently either lost its way or was simply duped by the J6 Tribunal TV’s supposedly star witness.
Whatever the case, the Examiner recently published an editorial that portrayed former President Donald Trump as an unhinged lunatic, according to Breitbart.
The editorial focused on the J6 testimony of former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson, who spun a tale without any evidence about Trump trying to commandeer the presidential limo on Jan. 6. The fable crumbled immediately when multiple sources, including the Secret Service, refuted the testimony.
The Examiner‘s editorial board apparently missed that last part.
“Former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson’s Tuesday testimony ought to ring the death knell for former President Donald Trump’s political career,” the Examiner declared.
The editorial board also praised Hutchinson for the mere fact that she used to work with Republicans like Sen. Ted Cruz and House Minority Whip Steve Scalise, calling the ex-aide a “conservative Trumpist.”
“In short, Hutchinson was a conservative Trumpist true believer and a tremendously credible one at that,” the editorial crowed. “She did not overstate things.”
Instead, she apparently just made up large chunks of her riveting fairytale.
Tony Ornato is denying that he told Cassidy Hutchinson Trump grabbed the steering wheel in presidential vehicle on 1/6 or lunged at a fellow agent, a USSS official tells @joshscampbell. CNN confirms that Ornato & Enger are prepared to testify that neither incident occurred.
— Gabby Orr (@GabbyOrr_) June 29, 2022
The editorial further assured that Hutchinson’s testimony was credible because it was “very precise.” And largely second-hand information, it turned out, based on so-called “anecdote.”
Journalists are now calling sworn testimony an “anecdote”. Just amazing stuff. https://t.co/ApKGONv2FG
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) June 29, 2022
Ironically, the Examiner‘s news side of the outfit exposed as fancy some of the “very precise” testimony Hutchinson spun and the editorial praised.
Former White House lawyer claims Cassidy Hutchinson did not write note to Trump on Jan. 6: Report https://t.co/o3azcIACzF
— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) June 29, 2022
In the end, the Examiner’s editorial concluded that Trump’s political career was effectively over and that there will be better options in 2024.
“Trump is unfit to be anywhere near power ever again,” the editorial declared. “Trump is a disgrace. Republicans have far better options to lead the party in 2024. No one should think otherwise, much less support him, ever again.”
The scathing indictment, unfortunately, was based on testimony that even J6 inquisitors couldn’t defend, leaving the Examiner’s editorial board grouped with the likes of serial witch hunter Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., running away from inconvenient truths.
Rep. Raskin appears to lose signal on MSNBC when asked about inconsistencies in Hutchinson’s testimony at the J6 Show Trial
MSNBC: You’ve talked to the Secret Service agents in this story, Mr Ornato and Mr. Engel. Did that incident happen in the car?
Jamie Raskin: *disappears* pic.twitter.com/2dCaTaJgML
— LoneStarHerd🇺🇸 (@lonestarherd) June 29, 2022
