I noticed on Twitter some people saying that Trump lunging from his seat to try to stop the driver of his vehicle taking him to the White House instead of the Capitol would not be possible, because of a screen between the back and the driver.
The Washington Post is onto that already, and it appears this is not going to work as a defence.
The most depressing and stupid thing to realise from that article, however, is that Trump getting physical with his staff probably appeals to a significant section of his nutjob base, as to them it makes him sound like an action hero who nearly thwarted his kidnapping:
On that message board, some conceded that her testimony actually showed another way in which Trump had faced unfair treatment. One poster said the story showed that “the Deep State coup plotters” of the Secret Service had “effectively kidnapped the President of the United States of America against his wishes” as part of a “C.I.AMilitary Industrial Complex coup d'etat.”
Some there argued she should be “locked up for lying under oath,” while another poster there suggested her wild testimony was just Washington as usual.
“Even if she’s telling the truth,” the anonymous patriots.win poster said, “where’s the f---ing problem?”
Allahpundit points out, by the way, that it would be unlikely the committee would let Hutchinson give this evidence if it didn't know it was going to be backed up by one of the first hand witnesses.
The other bit of evidence, not being given enough attention, I think, is that not only did Hutchinson talk about the aftermath of one plate throwing incident, she said he did something similar several times.
Update: Allahpundit is now going on about how damaging it will look if the secret service isn't backing her up, as some leaks are now suggesting. Meh. It was never going to be evidence at a Trump trial, anyway.
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