The Most Disturbing Deposition I Have Ever Read

I have now read the transcript of Cassidy Hutchinson’s last deposition before the January 6 Committee. I encourage anyone who has an interest in legal ethics or the rule of law to do the same.

I expect that pertinent excerpts of this deposition will be taught in law schools for years to come. 

Much like Watergate, the role of lawyers in recent events should be carefully examined and cause thoughtful reflection by and on the profession.

Back then, there was virtually no enforcement of ethics rules. Now there is. 

As a Watergate veteran myself, the one statement that amused me (and there is not much levity in the testimony of a young woman who wanted to tell the truth and do the right thing) was when she had to use google who find out who Alexander Butterfield was.

Now she knows. (Mike Frisch)