Donald Trump threw his lunch against the wall after AG Bill Barr said there was no widespread election fraud, ex-White House aide testifies

• Trump threw his lunch against the wall, an ex-White House aide testified to the January 6 committee.
• Trump was angry AG Bill Barr said there was no widespread election fraud in 2020.

President Donald Trump threw his lunch against the wall in the White House because he was angry that Attorney General Bill Barr said there wasn't evidence of widespread election fraud sufficient to change the outcome of the 2020 election, former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson testified on Tuesday.

Hutchinson told the House committee investigating the January 6 attack on the Capitol that she remembered hearing noise down the hallway at the White House in December 2020 about the time that Barr's comments were made public in an interview with the Associated Press.

She walked down the hall and found the White House valet in the dining room, changing the tablecloth. He pointed to the front of the room near the fireplace mantel and television.

"I first noticed there was ketchup dripping down the wall and there was a shattered porcelain plate on the floor," she said. "The valet had articulated that the president was extremely angry at the Attorney General's AP interview and had thrown his lunch against the wall."

Hutchinson said she grabbed a towel and started wiping the ketchup off the wall to help the valet.

"He said something to the effect of, 'He's really ticked off about this. I would stay clear of him for right now,'" Hutchinson said.

The committee played recorded testimony from Barr, describing Trump's angry reaction when they met.

"I said look, 'I know that you're dissatisfied with me and I'm glad to offer my resignation,' and he pounded the table very hard," Barr said. "Everyone sort of jumped and he said, 'Accepted.'"

The allegation of Trump's fit came during an explosive surprise hearing in which Hutchinson described Trump trying to grab the steering wheel of his vehicle and lunging at a Secret Service agent while demanding to be taken to the Capitol on January 6, 2021, when his supporters stormed the building.

She also described several other times when she was aware of Trump either throwing dishes or flipping the table cloth during bouts of anger in the White House.

Trump reacted to Hutchinson's testimony on Truth Social.

"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. Her story of me throwing food is also false…and why would SHE have to clean it up, I hardly knew who she was?" he wrote.