BND - DOJ seeks indictment of Cassidy Hutchinson over Jan. 6 testimony

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DOJ seeks indictment of Cassidy Hutchinson over Jan. 6 testimony

Oct 8, 3 PM ET to Oct 10, 3 PM ET · 1 outlet not rated for lean

21outlets carried it
🫏9 · 2 · 9🐘left · center · right
2 dayson the front pages
21front pages at once, at its peak
46 minof TV captions

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Oct 8, 3 PM ETfirst on a front page: MSNBC
Oct 8, 4 PM ETfirst on TV: MSNOW
Oct 9, 1 PM ETpeak: on 21 front pages

the front pages that ran it, hour by hour

Front pages carrying it at each hourly run, Oct 8, 3 PM to Oct 10, 3 PM ET (peak 21), by the outlets' lean: left · center · right · not rated

Who carried it and when: each outlet in the order it picked the story up, a bar for each headline from when we first saw it on the front page to when we last did, in the outlet's lean color (dashed: not rated); a dot marks a new headline. Beneath, its captions on TV, the radio newscasts that carried it (bigger: the lead) and when people were found retelling it. Hover for details.

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💬 quoted: “Lying” “Trump Attacked Secret Service” “Star Witness” “star witness” 2

🗣️ only one side says: 🫏 charge ex-trump aide 🫏 gave key testimony

✏️ 4 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)

Breitbart (2 wordings): “DOJ Indictment Sought for Cassidy ‘Trump Attacked Secret Service’ Hutchinson” → “Nolte: DOJ Indictment Sought for Cassidy ‘Trump Attacked Secret Service’ Hutchinson”
CBS News (3 wordings): “DOJ trying to indict former Mark Meadows aide Cassidy Hutchinson” → “DOJ trying to indict former White House aide who testified about Jan. 6”
Red State (3 wordings): “Bombshell: DOJ Reportedly Seeking Criminal Indictment of Cassidy Hutchinson Teri Christoph” → “DOJ Bombshell: DOJ Reportedly Seeking Criminal Indictment of Cassidy Hutchinson Teri Christoph”
Washington Examiner (4 wordings): “DOJ investigating Cassidy Hutchinson over House Jan. 6 Committee testimony” → “DOJ investigating Cassidy Hutchinson over Jan. 6 testimony”

Every outlet's first headline (21), left to right by AllSides rating

Alternet DOJ seeks grand jury indictment of ex-Trump aide Cassidy Hutchinson Oct 8, 2 PM ET
MSNBC DOJ seeking to indict Cassidy Hutchinson, Punchbowl reports Oct 8, 3 PM ET
Raw Story DOJ moves to indict star January 6 witness who testified against Trump: report Oct 8, 3 PM ET
The Guardian DoJ seeks to charge ex-Trump aide who gave key testimony on January 6 attack Oct 8, 4 PM ET
The New Republic Justice Department Finds Its Newest Target: Cassidy Hutchinson Oct 8, 3 PM ET
CBS News DOJ trying to indict former Mark Meadows aide Cassidy Hutchinson Oct 8, 6 PM ET
Mediaite BREAKING: Trump DOJ Seeking Criminal Indictment for Cassidy Hutchinson, Report Says Oct 8, 2 PM ET
NBC News Justice Department seeks criminal charge for former Trump aide Cassidy Hutchinson Oct 8, 3 PM ET
Yahoo News DOJ seeks to charge ex-Trump aide who gave key testimony on January 6 attack Oct 9, 11 AM ET
Bloomberg DOJ Seeking Criminal Indictment of Former White House Aide Oct 8, 5 PM ET
Newsweek List of Former Trump Aides Indicted as Cassidy Hutchinson Faces DOJ Probe Oct 9, 6 AM ET
Just the News DOJ seeks indictment of Cassidy Hutchinson for allegedly lying to Congress: Report Oct 8, 4 PM ET
Washington Examiner DOJ investigating Cassidy Hutchinson over House Jan. 6 Committee testimony Oct 8, 4 PM ET
Breitbart DOJ Indictment Sought for Cassidy ‘Trump Attacked Secret Service’ Hutchinson Oct 9, 1 PM ET
New York Post Grand jury probing Jan. 6 committee ‘star witness’ Cassidy Hutchinson: source Oct 8, 3 PM ET
Red State Bombshell: DOJ Reportedly Seeking Criminal Indictment of Cassidy Hutchinson Teri Christoph Oct 8, 3 PM ET
The Daily Caller DOJ Seeking Criminal Indictment Of Cassidy Hutchinson Over Jan. 6 Testimony Oct 8, 2 PM ET
The Daily Wire DOJ Seeks To Indict Former White House Aide Over Claims She Lied About January 6 Oct 8, 8 PM ET
The Federalist Report: DOJ Seeking Cassidy Hutchinson Indictment For ‘Lying’ To Congress About Jan. 6 Oct 9, 12 PM ET
The Gateway Pundit HERE WE GO: DOJ Moves to Indict January 6 ‘Star Witness’ Cassidy Hutchinson Oct 8, 6 PM ET
Punchbowl News DOJ seeks indictment of Cassidy Hutchinson premium White House Oct 8, 2 PM ET

TV, radio, and the shows that talked about it

📺 On TV

CNN36 min

MSNOW10 min

REPORT: DOJ SEEKS INDICTMENT OF CASSIDY HUTCHINSON CNN, 19 min
REPORT: DOJ SEEKS FEDERAL INDICTMENT OF FMR TRUMP AIDE AND JAN. 6 COMMITTEE STAR WITNESS CASSIDY HUTCHINSON CNN, 7 min
TRUMP'S DOJ SEEKS TO INDICT HUTCHINSON OVER 1/6 TESTIMONY MSNOW, 3 min
REPORT: DOJ PRESENTED EVIDENCE TO GRAND JURY ON TUESDAY. AS IT SEEKS TO INDICT FMR TRUMP AIDE CASSIDY HUTCHINSON CNN, 3 min
DOJ SEEKING CRIMINAL INDICTMENT FOR CASSIDY HUTCHINSON MSNOW, 3 min
REPORT: DOJ SEEKS INDICTMENT OF CASSIDY HUTCHINSON. Elie Honig | Former Asst. U.S. Attorney, Southern District of NY CNN, 2 min
TRUMP'S DOJ SEEKS CASSIDY HUTCHINSON INDICTMENT MSNOW, 2 min
REPORT: DOJ SEEKS INDICTMENT OF CASSIDY HUTCHINSON. Elie Honig | @W Senior Legal Analyst CNN, 2 min

🎙️ Shows, investigators, satire

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what people online made of it

🦗 Nobody's retelling it online yet, as far as the daily reports of the last week can tell.

🗣️ names in it: Department of Justice Cassidy Hutchinson White House Punchbowl Donald Trump

what the fact-checkers looked into

🧐 No fact-checker has taken it on yet.

the running story it belongs to

🌱 A story of its own so far: no saga yet.

DOJ seeks indictment of Cassidy Hutchinson over Jan. 6 testimony

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