华盛顿特区的一个联邦大陪审团拒绝起诉前特朗普白宫助手卡西迪·哈钦森，指控她在调查特朗普的众议院特别委员会面前向国会撒谎2021年1月6日，攻击在美国国会大厦，知情人士向美国广播公司证实。
起诉失败是司法部在支持批评者称之为报复运动唐纳德·特朗普总统长期以来一直指责哈钦森就其围绕国会大厦袭击的行动向委员会撒谎。
长期以来，共和党人一直试图削弱哈钦森关于一个故事的证词，她说这个故事是通过第二手途径传达给她的，内容是关于特朗普总统的猛冲向方向盘1月6日，他在椭圆形办公室发表演讲后，拍摄了他的总统座驾。
特朗普强烈否认了这一说法，其他白宫雇员也没有证实特朗普冲刺的具体细节。
《华盛顿邮报》首先报道大陪审团拒绝起诉哈钦森。
前特别顾问杰克·史密斯指控特朗普总统试图推翻他在2020年选举中的失败，他表示，在确定哈钦森的大部分证词是基于道听途说后，他选择不把她作为重要证人。特朗普对与1月6日相关的所有指控均不认罪，史密斯对他的指控成立最终被驳回．
哈钦森坚称她坚持自己的证词。周二，记者无法立即联系到她置评。
司法部发言人也没有立即回应置评请求。
DOJ fails to get indictment against former Trump aide Cassidy Hutchinson： Sources
A federal grand jury in Washington， D．C．， has refused to indict former Trump White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson on charges of lying to Congress over her testimony before the House Select Committee that investigated theJan． 6， 2021， attackon the U．S． Capitol， sources familiar with the matter confirmed to ABC News．
The failed indictment is the latest setback for the Justice Department in its support of what critics call acampaign of retributionby President Donald Trump， who has long accused Hutchinson of lying to the committee regarding his actions surrounding the Capitol assault．
Republicans have long sought to undercut Hutchinson＇s testimony regarding a story she said had been relayed to her secondhand about President Trumplunging for the steering wheelof his presidential limo following his speech on the Ellipse on Jan． 6．
Trump has vehemently denied the account and other White House employees did not corroborate the specific detail about Trump lunging．
The Washington Post first reported that a grand jury refused to indict Hutchinson．
Former special counsel Jack Smith， who indicted President Trump for his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss， has said he opted not to treat Hutchinson as a material witness after determining much of her testimony was based on hearsay．Trump pleaded not guilty to all charges related to Jan． 6 and Smith＇s case against him wasultimately dismissed．
Hutchinson has maintained that she stands by her testimony． She could not immediately be reached for comment on Tuesday．
A Justice Department spokesperson also did not immediately respond to a request for comment．
