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Source: Axios

The Justice Department failed to secure an indictment against Cassidy Hutchinson, a former White House aide who testified about President Trump's actions on Jan. 6, multiple media outlets reported Tuesday.Why it matters: The grand jury's refusal to indict Hutchinson is another blow to the DOJ in its ongoing effort to prosecute President Trump's perceived political enemies.The latest: A Justice Department lawyer told a magistrate judge Tuesday that a grand jury could not agree on an indictment, according to the Washington Post.The lawyer, whom the Post identified as Neville S. Hedley, the division's acting senior litigation counsel, did not say who the indictment referenced, but multiple sources told the Post and other outlets that it relates to Hutchinson. Catch up quick: Hutchinson's 2022 testimony before Congress revealed several bombshells about the Trump administration's actions leading up to and on Jan. 6, 2021.She testified that she had been told Trump lunged at a Secret Service agent who refused to drive him to the Capitol, that Trump knew some of his supporters were armed, and that Meadows had been warned of potential violence on Capitol Hill.She also described Trump's reluctance to call on his supporters to back down as violence unfolded at the...