Grand jurors have rejected attempts to indict Cassidy Hutchinson.
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Deadline: White HouseOct 28, 2026
Multiple tier-1 and tier-2 outlets (AP, Reuters, NYT, NBC, CNN) report that a Washington federal grand jury declined to indict Cassidy Hutchinson on October 27, 2026, before the post.
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… We are seeing that courts are holding strong. Judges are continuing to reject frivolous prosecutions and frivolous lawsuits by the Justice Department, and citizens are holding strong. We've seen grand jurors continue to reject politicized, meritless, and including the attempts to indict Cassidy Hutchinson. So my hope and my belief is that, at the end of the day, we will get through this with our democracy maybe dinged up a little bit, but structurally and fundamentally intact, because we have other safeguards that are working harder than they should have to, …
Deadline: White House · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. AP reports, citing two people familiar with the matter, that a grand jury in Washington rejected prosecutors' request to indict Hutchinson.[1]
Supports. Reuters reports a source saying a federal grand jury declined to indict Hutchinson, and a federal prosecutor told a magistrate judge in court that a grand jury had rejected an indictment.[2]
Supports. NBC News reports a senior U.S. official confirmed that the grand jury returned a 'no bill' rejecting the Justice Department's efforts to indict Hutchinson.[3]
Supports. The New York Times and CNN both report that the grand jury rejected the Justice Department's indictment attempt against Hutchinson.[4][5]
Sources
5 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 3 tier 2
- 1Cassidy Hutchinson indictment rejected by grand jury ...apnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2Grand jury declines to indict former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson, source saysreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 3Grand jury declines to indict former Trump aide Cassidy Hutchinson, star witness of Jan. 6 committeenbcnews.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 4Grand Jury Declines to Bring Charges Against Cassidy Hutchinsonnytimes.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 5Justice Department fails to indict Cassidy Hutchison, sources saycnn.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
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