Meadows Aide Cassidy Hutchinson Thrusts Trump Chief of Staff Back Into Spotlight

WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump’s final chief of staff, Mark Meadows, closed out his 10 months of White House service asking for a pardon, according to new testimony that portrayed a man reluctant to intervene to stop his boss from stirring up a mob on Jan. 6, 2021, and unwilling to engage with those who tried to do so.

The testimony came from an aide to Mr. Meadows named Cassidy Hutchinson, a 26-year-old who wasn’t mentioned in his book, “The Chief’s Chief,” but who former White House and Capitol Hill aides said played a key role in his office. In her retelling of the final days before Trump supporters stormed the Capitol to stop the certification of President Biden’s win, Mr. Meadows spent much of his time impassively scrolling through his phone while Trump administration officials warned him of the increasing potential for violence.

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