Stefan Passantino

And with respect to this, it was explicitly an off-the-records operation by Liz Cheney. I had this conversation with her staff afterwards. So you can imagine, we had in the course of... It was in February and March. We had gone through. We'd done her testimony. We'd done her depositions. She'd given the testimony. Those transcripts were out there.

And with respect to this, it was explicitly an off-the-records operation by Liz Cheney. I had this conversation with her staff afterwards. So you can imagine, we had in the course of... It was in February and March. We had gone through. We'd done her testimony. We'd done her depositions. She'd given the testimony. Those transcripts were out there.

And with respect to this, it was explicitly an off-the-records operation by Liz Cheney. I had this conversation with her staff afterwards. So you can imagine, we had in the course of... It was in February and March. We had gone through. We'd done her testimony. We'd done her depositions. She'd given the testimony. Those transcripts were out there.

And then almost two months later, I get a follow-up phone call saying...

And then almost two months later, I get a follow-up phone call saying...

And then almost two months later, I get a follow-up phone call saying...

Liz Cheney wants to do a special interview with Cassidy Hutchinson, one-on-one, in-purpose person in the Capitol building, all of which was highly unusual because every other investigation conducted by the January 6th committee was being done either by Zoom or in person with numerous representatives from the committee, their staff, members, if they wanted to attend, could attend.

Liz Cheney wants to do a special interview with Cassidy Hutchinson, one-on-one, in-purpose person in the Capitol building, all of which was highly unusual because every other investigation conducted by the January 6th committee was being done either by Zoom or in person with numerous representatives from the committee, their staff, members, if they wanted to attend, could attend.

Liz Cheney wants to do a special interview with Cassidy Hutchinson, one-on-one, in-purpose person in the Capitol building, all of which was highly unusual because every other investigation conducted by the January 6th committee was being done either by Zoom or in person with numerous representatives from the committee, their staff, members, if they wanted to attend, could attend.

This one, I was told, must be in person. It's going to be just Liz Cheney, just her staffer, just me, just Cassidy Hutchinson. And the way that they set this up, you'll remember this is in 2022, when all of the federal government was completely in lockdown because of COVID. There was no public access to the people's house. You couldn't get in.

This one, I was told, must be in person. It's going to be just Liz Cheney, just her staffer, just me, just Cassidy Hutchinson. And the way that they set this up, you'll remember this is in 2022, when all of the federal government was completely in lockdown because of COVID. There was no public access to the people's house. You couldn't get in.

This one, I was told, must be in person. It's going to be just Liz Cheney, just her staffer, just me, just Cassidy Hutchinson. And the way that they set this up, you'll remember this is in 2022, when all of the federal government was completely in lockdown because of COVID. There was no public access to the people's house. You couldn't get in.

But we were going to be afforded access for the purpose of this special interview that was going to be conducted. And it was very surreal because... As we were led into this deposition and we walk in, it was the top floor of the Cannon office building. There's a little antechamber off of one of the elevators that was completely closed to the public.

But we were going to be afforded access for the purpose of this special interview that was going to be conducted. And it was very surreal because... As we were led into this deposition and we walk in, it was the top floor of the Cannon office building. There's a little antechamber off of one of the elevators that was completely closed to the public.

But we were going to be afforded access for the purpose of this special interview that was going to be conducted. And it was very surreal because... As we were led into this deposition and we walk in, it was the top floor of the Cannon office building. There's a little antechamber off of one of the elevators that was completely closed to the public.

And as we were walking through there, me and Cassie Hutchinson, there were Capitol Police everywhere. I was, and I remember remarking to myself at the time, this is surreal how in a closed office building, there are all of these Capitol Police for this interview that I'm conducting with Liz Cheney. I said, she... It's really surprising she has so much protection in a closed building.

And as we were walking through there, me and Cassie Hutchinson, there were Capitol Police everywhere. I was, and I remember remarking to myself at the time, this is surreal how in a closed office building, there are all of these Capitol Police for this interview that I'm conducting with Liz Cheney. I said, she... It's really surprising she has so much protection in a closed building.

And as we were walking through there, me and Cassie Hutchinson, there were Capitol Police everywhere. I was, and I remember remarking to myself at the time, this is surreal how in a closed office building, there are all of these Capitol Police for this interview that I'm conducting with Liz Cheney. I said, she... It's really surprising she has so much protection in a closed building.

What I didn't realize is they were there for me. They were there because the expectation was that when Cassidy Hutchinson testified to the things that she had already pre-organized, she was going to testify with Liz Cheney that I might get violent. I might be the one who does something to her. You're going to get violent. That was the expectation.

What I didn't realize is they were there for me. They were there because the expectation was that when Cassidy Hutchinson testified to the things that she had already pre-organized, she was going to testify with Liz Cheney that I might get violent. I might be the one who does something to her. You're going to get violent. That was the expectation.