According to NBC News, about five or six Secret Service agents have testified before the grand jury to decide if twice-indicted former President Donald Trump should be indicted again over his role leading to the Jan. 6 insurrection. Trump is under the Secret Service's protection, so they know e-v-e-r-y-t-h-i-n-g.
NBC News reports:
Roughly five or six agents have appeared, the sources said, in compliance with subpoenas they received. It is not known what the agents' proximity to Trump was on Jan. 6 or what information they may have provided to the grand jury.
Special counsel Jack Smith's investigation into the events of Jan. 6 is separate from his probe that led to Trump's recent indictment in Florida for the handling of classified documents. Sources told NBC News that about 24 Secret Service agents appeared before the grand jury that considered that case in Washington before the case moved to Florida.
While the exact content of their subpoenas and appearances is not known, Secret Service agents who were close to Trump on Jan. 6 may be able to confirm, deny or provide more details on a story first told by former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson to the now-defunct Jan. 6 committee in Congress.
I'm sure you remember Cassidy Hutchinson. I'm sure Trump hasn't forgotten about her.
One year ago, Hutchinson told the committee she heard secondhand that Trump wanted Secret Service agents to drive him to the Capitol to join the rioters, tried to grab the car's steering wheel and then reached for the "clavicles" of the driver, Secret Service agent Bobby Engel. Trump later denied this account.
Hutchinson said she learned of the incident from Tony Ornato. Ornato took a leave of absence from the Secret Service to serve as deputy chief of staff for Trump beginning in 2019 and then returned to the Secret Service when Trump left office. Both Engel and Ornato have since left the Secret Service and it is not known whether they have testified before the grand jury.
They also want to know what agents knew and discussed leading up to and during the Capitol insurrection. Special Counsel Jack Smith has been working fast, which is why Trump lashes out at him. This is the first time in Trump's miserable life that he'll be held accountable for his actions.
