Secret Service agent, 48, who ‘claimed Trump grabbed the limo steering wheel to go to the Capitol on January 6’ RETIRES: Comes two months after Cassidy Hutchinson’s explosive testimony
(Source: Daily Mail)
- The US Secret Service confirmed to DailyMail.com in a statement that Assistant Director Anthony Ornato is retired as of Monday
- Ornato became a central figure in the House select committee on January 6’s investigation into the Capitol riot earlier this year during the panel’s hearings
- Ex-White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson testified that Ornato described Donald Trump lashing out at agents when they refused to take him to the US Capitol
- Ornato appears to have had an unusually close relationship with Trump
- He served on Trump’s White House staff briefly at the end of 2019
- The retired agent told CNN he’s moving to a job in the private sector