A former White House aide’s account of then-President Donald Trump lunging for the steering wheel of his armored vehicle is facing closer scrutiny a day after her vivid testimony to a House panel investigating the Capitol insurrection.
Tony Ornato, a long-time Secret Service agent who was working at the time as a deputy chief of staff to Trump, has told people that Cassidy Hutchinson’s account to the House committee isn’t consistent with his understanding of the incident, according to a person familiar with Ornato’s denial who spoke on condition of anonymity.
