Trump White House lawyer Stefan Passantino has sued former special counsel prosecutor Andrew Weissmann, claiming Weissmann lied about whether Passantino improperly coached a witness in the Jan. 6 committee probe.
Passantino said in a defamation suit filed Friday in US District Court in Washington that Weissmann publicly impugned his reputation when he claimed that Passantino coached his client, former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson, to lie in congressional testimony.
“This is an insidious lie,” Passantino said in the complaint. “Mr. Passantino never coached Ms. Hutchinson to lie, nor did he attempt to shape her testimony in any way.”
In April, ...
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