Former Trump White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson has alleged in her upcoming book that Rudy Giuliani groped her backstage at the president’s 45th “Stop the Steal” rally on January 6, 2021.
Hutchinson, then 24, whose book “Enough” will be released next week, recalled a meeting with the former mayor and Trump’s lawyer shortly before supporters of the then-president stormed the Capitol and delayed the certification of presidential candidate Joe Biden. Victory in the 2020 election.
“‘By the way,’ he said, feeling the fabric, ‘I like this leather jacket on you.’ His hands slipped under my blazer, then my skirt,” Hutchinson wrote, according to the Guardian.
“I felt his frozen fingers trailing up my thigh,” she continued. “He lifted his chin up. The whites of his eyes looked yellow. My eyes glazed over [Trump adviser] John Eastman, who smiled wryly.”
Cassidy Hutchinson recalled being excited to work for the president even though she was skeptical about the Trump administration.Rod Lamkey/CNP/SplashNews.com
Hutchinson described Giuliani as acting “like a wolf approaching its prey.”
“I fought the tension in my muscles and backed away from Rudy’s grip,” he explained further, “filled with rage, I stormed through the tent, in another quest for Mark.”
At the time of the alleged attack, Hutchinson was working as an assistant to then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows.
He was thrust into the national spotlight during his live testimony on June 28, 2022, before a House select committee on January 6, where he claimed to have heard that Trump had tried to drive himself to the Capitol to join his supporters.
Rudy Giuliani’s spokesman called the accusations “disgusting lies.” Getty Images
The former president has denied the allegations and the Secret Service has not verified Hutchinson’s account.
Initially, Hutchinson claimed that he did not recall many internal discussions in the Trump White House revolving around challenging the 2020 election results. However, he later changed course and claimed that his initial statement was made on the advice of a Trump-related lawyer he hired for financial reasons.
It is unclear why Hutchinson did not disclose the Giuliani incident in his public testimony.
Cassidy Hutchinson previously served in the White House Office of Legal Affairs before working for the White House chief of staff.Getty Images
“It’s fair to ask Cassidy Hutchinson why she only came out with these allegations two and a half years ago, as part of a marketing campaign for her upcoming book release,” Giuliani political adviser Ted Goodman said in a statement. “This is a disgusting lie against Mayor Rudy Giuliani – a man whose distinguished career in public service includes taking down the Mafia, cleaning up New York City and comforting the nation after September 11.”
Rudy Giuliani was one of the leading promulgators of the 2020 election fraud claims and helped then-President Trump strategize to reverse his loss.MICHAEL REYNOLDS/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock
Giuliani, 79, has faced mounting legal troubles since Trump left the White House.
Earlier this month, he pleaded not guilty to 13 charges related to the former president’s attempt to overturn the 2020 results in Georgia. Days earlier, a judge acquitted Giuliani in a civil case brought by two Georgia election workers who he alleged rigged the 2020 Peach State vote.
The new book “Enough” will be released on September 26.AP
He also faces a $1.3 million lawsuit from his former attorney Robert Costello, who claims the former mayor didn’t pay his bills — something Giuliani disputes.
Additionally, Giuliani was hit in May with a $10 million lawsuit from a former aide alleging sexual assault and failure to pay more than $2 million in wages.
Additional reporting by Georgett Roberts
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