Trump threw dishes and flipped tablecloths 'several times' in the White House, ex-aide Cassidy Hutchinson testifies

• Trump threw dishes and flipped tablecloths multiple times in the White House, an ex-aide testified.
• Cassidy Hutchinson made the claims Tuesday during testimony before the House January 6 panel.

President Donald Trump repeatedly threw dishes and flipped tablecloths in the White House dining room when he became angry, testified Cassidy Hutchinson, who was an aide to Mark Meadows when he was the White House chief of staff.

Hutchinson spoke about Trump's conduct during a hearing Tuesday held by the House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot. Hutchinson had closely observed the final days of the Trump White House, including the effort by the president to overturn the 2020 election results.

"There were several times throughout my tenure with the chief of staff that I was aware of him either throwing dishes or flipping the tablecloth to let all the contents of the table go onto the floor and likely break or go everywhere," Hutchinson said, referring to Trump.

The comments came after GOP Rep. Liz Cheney, the vice chair of the committee, asked Hutchinson about Trump's reaction to news in December 2020 that Attorney General William Barr said the Department of Justice found no evidence of widespread voter fraud in the election.

Hutchinson testified that Trump threw his lunch at the wall in the White House dining room, adding that it's not the first time she witnessed him behave that way.

"I left the office and went down to the dining room, and I noticed that the door was propped open and the valet was inside the dining room changing the tablecloth off of the dining-room table," Hutchinson said. "He motioned for me to come in and then pointed towards the front of the room near the fireplace mantle and the TV, where I first noticed there was ketchup dripping down the wall and there's a shattered porcelain plate on the floor."

She added: "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. I grabbed a towel and started wiping the ketchup off the wall to help the valet out."

Hutchinson has become a valuable witness for the House committee's investigation, as she has testified that several Republican members of Congress sought pardons from Trump and has described Trump's behavior on January 6.