The House committee investigating the Capitol riot that occurred on January 6, 2021, revealed text messages sent by Fox News television host Sean Hannity to then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and White House aide Kayleigh McEnany. Hannity plead with Meadows to get President Donald Trump to urge protesters to leave the Capitol peacefully.

​Cassidy Hutchinson said a number of White House staffers -- including chief of staff Mark Meadows, White House counsel Pat Cipillone, and Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner -- urged President Donald Trump to make a more forceful speech the day after the Jan. 6 riot​ because of fears the 25th Amendment would be invoked to remove him from office​.

"​A large concern ​was the ​25th ​A​mendment potentially being invoked, and there are concerns about what would happen in the Senate if the 25th was invoked​," Hutchinson said in a videotaped deposition played for the committee.​

"​So the primary reason that I had heard other than, you know, we did not do enough on the ​6th, we need to get a stronger message out there and condemn​ ​this ​[was] 'This will be your legacy,'" she said.

"The secondary reasons for that was​, ​'Think about what might happen in the final 15 days of your presidency if we don't do this​. ​There's already talks about invoking the 25th Amendment, you need this as cover​,'" she said. 

Former President Donald Trump continued to blast Cassidy Hutchinson's testimony on Tuesday, claiming that the former top White House staffer's allegations surrounding Jan. 6 are "fake."

"Her Fake story that I tried to grab the steering wheel of the White House Limousine in order to steer it to the Capitol Building is 'sick' and fraudulent, very much like the Unselect Committee itself - Wouldn’t even have been possible to do such a ridiculous thing," Trump posted to his social media site Truth Social, referring to her claim that Trump attempted to take control of the "Beast" to head to the Capitol on Jan. 6.

"Her story of me throwing food is also false ... and why would SHE have to clean it up, I hardly knew who she was?" the former president added, referring to her claim that Trump threw his lunch at the wall after then-Attorney General Bill Barr said the Department of Justice did not find evidence of voter fraud in December 2020.

"She changed lawyers a couple of days ago, and with it, her story totally changed! SHOCKER???" Trump wrote in another post.

"Chaney [sic] conveniently left out the snippet in my speech to, 'GO PEACEFULLY & PATRIOTICALLY.' Isn’t she disgraceful???" the former president wrote in another message.

"There is no cross examination of this so-called witness," he posted. "This is a Kangaroo Court!"

Hutchinson was questioned by committee Chairman Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) as well as Vice Chair Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.).

At the end of Tuesday's hearing, Jan. 6 committee vice chair Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) released several messages sent to witnesses who have cooperated in the investigation, outlining potential tampering efforts by allies of former President Donald Trump.

"Our committee has seen many witnesses, including many Republicans, testify fully and forthrightly. This has not been true of every witness," Cheney said. "And we have received evidence of one particular practice that raises significant concern."

Of the messages they received, one read: "What they said to me is, as long as I continue to be a team player, they know I'm on the right team. I'm doing the right thing. I'm protecting who I need to protect, you know, I'll continue to stay in good graces in Trump world. And they reminded me a couple of times that Trump does read transcripts. And just keep that in mind as I proceed through my interviews with the committee."

Another described a call they received from someone: "The person let me know you have your deposition tomorrow. He wants me to let you know that they are thinking about you and he knows that you are loyal and you will do the right thing."

"I think most Americans know that attempting to influence witnesses to testify untruthfully presents very serious concerns," Cheney said of the messages. "We will be discussing these issues as a committee, carefully considering our next steps."

Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani and former chief of staff Mark Meadows both expressed interest in receiving a presidential pardon for their involvement in the events of Jan. 6, Cassidy Hutchinson testified.

"Did Rudy Giuliani ever suggest if he was interested in receiving a presidential pardon related to Jan. 6?" committee Vice Chair Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) asked.

"Yes," said Hutchinson, a former top aide to Meadows.

"Did Mark Meadows ever indicate that he was interested in receiving a presidential pardon related to January 6?”

“Yes," Hutchinson said again.

With that, the hearing concluded.

Then-Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows to inform him that members of President Donald Trump's cabinet were discussing invoking the 25th Amendment on Jan. 6, 2021, Cassidy Hutchinson testified Tuesday.

"From what I understand, it was more of a 'This is what I'm hearing. I want you to be aware of it, but I also think it's worth putting on your radar because you are the chief of staff, you're technically the boss of all the cabinet secretaries,'" Hutchinson said. "'And if conversations progress, you should be ready to take action on this.'"

Cassidy Hutchinson has testified that she drafted a statement from President Donald Trump urging rioters to leave the Capitol on Jan. 6 -- but the statement was never released.

"Anyone who entered the Capitol illegally without proper authority should leave immediately," the note read.

The word "illegally" was later crossed out.

During her testimony, Hutchinson said she wrote the note at approximately 3 p.m. on the day of the riot.

"Later that afternoon, [chief of staff] Mark [Meadows] came back from the Oval [Office] dining room and put the card on my desk with 'illegally' crossed out but said we didn't need to take further action on that statement," she said.

"So to your knowledge, this statement was never issued," committee vice chair Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) prompted.

"It wasn't, to my knowledge," Hutchinson said.

​​Former President Donald Trump has denied that he wanted more people let into his speech at the "Stop The Steal" rally at the Ellipse on Jan. 6 -- regardless of whether they were armed.

​"​Never complained about the crowd, it was massive. I didn’t want or request that we make room for people with guns to watch my speech. Who would ever want that? Not me! Besides, there were no guns found or brought into the Capitol Building​," Trump wrote on Truth Social.

"So where were all of these guns? But sadly, a gun was used on Ashli Babbitt, with no price to pay against the person who used it!​," he continued. ​

Mick Mulvaney, who served as President Donald Trump's acting chief of staff from 2019 to 2020, defended Cassidy Hutchinson's testimony on Twitter, saying, "I don't think she is lying."

"My guess is that before this is over, we will be hearing testimony from Ornato, Engle, and Meadows," Mulvaney tweeted, referring to White House deputy chief of staff for operations Anthony Ornato, top Secret Service agent Robert Engle, and former chief of staff Mark Meadows.

"This is explosive stuff. If Cassidy is making this up, they will need to say that. If she isn't they will have to corroborate. I know her. I don't think she is lying," he added.

Cassidy Hutchinson recalled that White House counsel Pat Cipillone rushed to then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows' office as rioters breached the Capitol on Jan. 6 and told him: "We need to go see the president now."

"And Mark looked up [from his phone] and said, 'He doesn't want to do anything,'" Hutchinson recalled.

"And Pat said something to the effect of -- and very clearly said this to Mark -- 'Mark, something needs to be done or people are going to die and the blood will be on your f---ing hands.'"

Then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows called Roger Stone and Michael Flynn at the behest of then-President Donald Trump on Jan. 5, Cassidy Hutchinson revealed Tuesday.

Hutchinson told the Jan. 6 committee that Meadows intended to go to a war room set up by Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani at the Willard Hotel that night.

"I made it clear to Mr. Meadows that I didn't believe it was a smart idea for him to go to the Willard Hotel that night," Hutchinson said, adding that she "didn't think that it was something appropriate for the White House chief of staff to attend or consider to be involved."

"Throughout the afternoon, he mentioned a few more times going to the hotel that evening, and then eventually dropped the subject the night of the 5th and said that he would dial in instead," she added.

Former President Donald Trump blasted Cassidy Hutchinson amid her testimony to the Jan. 6 committee on Tuesday, claiming he "hardly" knows who she is.

"I hardly know who this person, Cassidy Hutchinson, is, other than I heard very negative things about her (a total phony and 'leaker'), and when she requested to go with certain others of the team to Florida after my having served a full term in office, I personally turned her request down," Trump wrote in a post on his website Truth Social.

"Why did she want to go with us if she felt we were so terrible? I understand that she was very upset and angry that I didn’t want her to go, or be a member of the team," the former president alleged. "She is bad news!"