Hutchinson Tells Tracy Smith: “I Would Like to Make It Clear. I Would Not Back the Former President of the United States. He Is Dangerous for the Country”

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Cassidy Hutchinson, a former senior advisor to White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, made international headlines when she testified before the House Select Committee to investigate the Jan. 6 attack. In her first TV interview, Hutchinson tells Tracy Smith on CBS SUNDAY MORNING it was unsafe for her to return home after speaking out. The interview will be broadcast Sunday, Sept. 24 (9:00 AM, ET) on the CBS Television Network, and streaming on Paramount+.

“I could not go back to my apartment,” Hutchinson tells Smith. “I ended up moving down to Atlanta for several months.”

Hutchinson moved to the South because her legal team didn’t think it was safe for her to remain in Washington, D.C.

In a wide-ranging interview, Hutchinson talks about her testimony; contradictions between what she said in the televised hearings and earlier depositions; her new book, Enough, published by CBS sister company Simon & Schuster; and how she almost did not appear before the House Select Committee.

“I almost ran out of–there’s a little hold room outside the Committee room–that we were about to walk in, and I almost darted,” Hutchinson says.

“I heard the door click open and I turned around and I looked at my attorney and said, ‘I can’t do this.’ And I started to walk, and he gently pushed my shoulders. And he said, ‘You can do this.’ And then we walked out.”

Hutchinson says she remains a Republican but will not back former President Donald Trump in the 2024 election.

“I would make, like to make clear. I would not back the former president of the United States,” Hutchinson tells Smith. “He is dangerous for the country. He is willing and has showed time and time again willingness to proliferate lies and to vulnerable American people so he could stay in power … To me, that is the most un-American thing that you can do.”

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