Andrew Weismann sued after saying lawyer coached Cassidy Hutchinson to lie to Jan. 6 committee

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This is a very stupid lawsuit filed by an attorney who is going to be disbarred

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https://www.rawstory.com/andrew-weissman/

Former Mueller investigation prosecutor Andrew Weissmann is being sued by Stefan Passantino, a Trumpworld-paid lawyer who initially represented former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson, reported The Guardian's Hugo Lowell on Friday.

Passantino alleges that Weissmann, a frequent legal commentator on cable news, defamed him when he said that he had "coached" Hutchinson to lie to the House January 6 Committee during her testimony.

Hutchinson gave bombshell allegations to the Committee about former President Donald Trump's activities on the day of the attack on the U.S. Capitol, claiming, among other things, that Trump demanded the Capitol take down security for the rioters because "they're not there to hurt me," and that he physically fought with his Secret Service driver when he refused to take him to the Capitol to join the rioters. Secret Service officials have disputed Hutchinson's version of events.....

But the allegations around Passantino are not isolated. Other attorneys who have been paid by Trump-linked groups to represent witnesses in investigations have also been accused of giving conflicted advice. Yuscil Taveras, an IT worker at the former president's Mar-a-Lago resort who reportedly witnessed the concealment of classified information, switched from a lawyer paid by Trump groups to a federal public defender, and changed his testimony as he did so.

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1. This is a ridiculous lawsuit that Passantino has filed against Andrew Weismann

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[emulatorloo]

7. +++++ Very clear he coached her to lie.

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2. I feel like this is the sort of thing can or should be dismissed immediately

after all, Hutchinson can testify as to the truth of the matter.

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3. Here is a link to the lawsuit

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https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.260017/gov.uscourts.dcd.260017.1.0.pdf

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4. Stefan Passantino's lawsuit against Andrew Weissmann has been assigned to.... Judge Chutkan.

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5. Yeah, it's not libel if it's true -- whatever Passantino said or did for Hutchinson.

Passantino would have to prove that everything he said/did for Hutchinson had no conflict of interest with trump's, and Hutchinson could be deposed to disprove that.