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Testimony from White House staff also suggests real concerns about the risk of violence as January 6th approached. Cassidy Hutchinson, for example, testified about a conversation she had with her boss, Mark Meadows, on January 2nd:

I went into Mark’s office, and he was still on his phone I said to Mark, "Rudy [Giuliani] said these things to me. What's going on here? Anything I should know about?"

This was—he was, like, looking at his phone. He was like, "Oh, it's all about the rally on Wednesday. Isn't that what he was talking to you about?"

I said, "Yeah. Yeah, sounds like we're going to the Capitol."

He said, "Yeah. Are you talking with Tony?"

"I'm having a conversation, sir."

He said—still looking at his phone. I remember he was scrolling. He was like, "Yeah. You know, things might get real, real bad on the 6th."

And I remember saying to him, "What do you mean?"