Grand Jury Reportedly Rejects Hutchinson Indictment Bid

A federal grand jury in Washington declined to indict former Trump aide Cassidy Hutchinson over her 2022 congressional testimony about Donald Trump and the January 6 Capitol attack. On Oct. 27, 2026, DOJ lawyer Neville S. Hedley told a magistrate judge the grand jury could not agree on an indictment, according to the Washington Post. The probe was handled by the DOJ Civil Rights Division led by Harmeet Dhillon, a break from precedent under which the U.S. Attorney's Office in Washington, led by Jeanine Pirro, typically handles lying-to-Congress cases. It followed a criminal referral from Rep. Barry Loudermilk co-signed by Rep. Jim Jordan. Hutchinson testified that Trump knew some supporters were armed, lunged at a Secret Service agent who refused to drive him to the Capitol, and that Mark Meadows had been warned of potential violence. Secret Service agents disputed some of her account; she said she learned secondhand about the alleged SUV confrontation. Republicans have long disputed her testimony, and some department prosecutors reportedly doubted the case could support a conviction.