Grand jury declines to indict Cassidy Hutchinson

A Washington grand jury declined to indict former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson over testimony she gave about President Donald Trump’s actions on Jan. 6, 2021, according to people familiar with the matter. The Justice Department had sought an indictment, but the grand jury did not concur, the people said. At a Tuesday court appearance, Neville S. Hedley, acting senior litigation counsel in the department’s Civil Rights Division, told a magistrate judge that the grand jury had not concurred on a proposed indictment. Hedley did not name Hutchinson, but people familiar with the proceeding said he was referring to her. Grand-jury proceedings are secret, and the public court remark did not identify the proposed charges. The reported outcome means Hutchinson has not been indicted in the matter. It does not establish why jurors rejected the proposal, whether they found her testimony accurate, or whether prosecutors will bring the case to another grand jury. The Justice Department has not publicly detailed the specific statements it sought to charge her over. House Republicans referred Hutchinson to the Justice Department over allegations that she lied to Congress. The referral...