DC police officer in Trump Jan. 6 motorcade corroborates details of heated Secret Service exchange to committee

Anderson Cooper 360

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🗓️ 15 July 2022

⏱️ 45 minutes

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A source tells CNN that a Washington, DC police officer who was in the motorcade with former President Trump on January 6 has corroborated to the House Select Committee investigating the insurrection, the details of the heated exchange between the former President and his Secret Service detail when he was told he couldn’t go to the Capitol. Cassidy Hutchinson first bought up the alleged incident during her testimony in front of the committee. CNN Congressional Correspondent Ryan Nobles tells Anderson Cooper whether or not the panel is trying to get Secret Service agents who were in the motorcade to testify under oath. Plus, disgraced South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh was indicted for the 2021 murders of his wife and son. CNN National Correspondent Randi Kaye gives AC360 an update on the mysterious murders and if Murdaugh has responded to the indictment. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Good evening.
0:01.0	We have some breaking news to bring you now involving one of the most dramatic moments
0:04.7	of testimony in the January 6 investigation.
0:07.4	Just a short time ago, a source told CNN that a witness has now corroborated details
0:11.5	of a story first relayed by Cassidy Hutchinson about a confrontation between the former president
0:16.9	and his security detail the day of the attack.
0:19.4	Here's how Cassidy Hutchinson recounted the details to the committee.
0:24.8	The president said something to the effect of, I'm the f-ing president.
0:29.1	Meet me up to the Capitol now.
0:31.8	To which Bobby responded, sir, we have to go back to the West Wing.
0:36.8	The president reached up towards the front of the vehicle to grab at the steering wheel.
0:44.4	Mr. Engel grabbed his arm.
0:46.4	Said, sir, you need to take your hand off the steering wheel.
0:50.6	We're going back to the West Wing.
0:52.8	We're not going to the Capitol.
0:56.1	Mr. Trump then used his free hand to lunge towards Bobby Engel.
1:00.1	And Mr. Rennardo had recounted the story to me.
1:03.0	He had motion towards his clavicles.
1:08.0	And was Mr. Engel in the room as Mr. Ornato told you this story?
1:12.8	He was.
1:14.8	Did Mr. Engel correct or disagree with any part of the story from Mr. Ornato?
1:21.4	Mr. Engel did not correct or disagree with any part of the story.
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