Aide: Trump dismissed Jan. 6 threats, wanted to join crowd

  • Cassidy Hutchinson, former aide to Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, arrives to testify as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol continues to reveal its findings of a year-long investigation, on Tuesday at the Capitol in Washington. (JACQUELYN MARTIN/Associated Press)
    Cassidy Hutchinson, former aide to Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, arrives to testify as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol continues to reveal its findings of a year-long investigation, on Tuesday at the Capitol in Washington. (JACQUELYN MARTIN/Associated Press)

    WASHINGTON — Donald Trump rebuffed his own security’s warnings about armed protesters in the Jan. 6 rally crowd and made desperate attempts to join his supporters as they marched to the Capitol, accor…