Secret Service’s Tony Ornato, who was at center of Jan. 6 hearing, departs agency: reports
Tony Ornato, the Secret Service’s assistant director who became a central figure during a Jan. 6 committee hearing in which he reportedly described to a witness that former President Trump was “irate,” has left the agency, according to multiple reports.
Ornato, who at the time of the riot was serving as Trump’s deputy chief of staff, came into the spotlight during testimony by former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson, who said Ornato told her that Trump was “irate” when Robert Engel, the special agent in charge for Secret Service on Jan. 6, 2021, told the former president when he got into the presidential SUV after a speech on the Ellipse that going to the Capitol would not be possible.
Hutchinson also testified that Trump lunged at his security detail and toward the steering wheel of the presidential vehicle demanding to head to Capitol Hill where a mob of his supporters would eventually breach the complex.
Politico reported that Ornato retired, citing a Secret Service spokesperson who indicated Ornato became eligible for retirement earlier this year.
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#BREAKING: Secret Service agent Tony Ornato who reported Trump was "irate" on Jan. 6 leaves agency: reports https://t.co/jPYyDAY1h4 pic.twitter.com/rOIH4VhUVc
— The Hill (@thehill) August 30, 2022
I mean can we just have some kind of coherent rotating schedule here, like Coup week followed by NARA-Lago week followed by Georgia election-fraud week followed by N.Y. fraud week followed by Holy Crap Something New We Couldn't Have Even Imagined week
— George Conway🌻 (@gtconway3d) August 30, 2022
2. It would be more difficult to charge Ornato for omissions under 18 USC 1001 rather than affirmative false statements, and that may be why he didn’t return to the Committee. https://t.co/7HmFAcvyOT
— Ryan Goodman (@rgoodlaw) August 30, 2022
The reporters who quickly said, based on anonymous sources, that others would come forward to rebut Hutchinson, need to come clean. https://t.co/kOn65nyUCR
— David Pepper (@DavidPepper) August 30, 2022
Doesn’t hurt that he probably gets to keep his pension this way. Also that can’t be disciplined for not showing up. But he’s going to have to talk to DOJ or else take fifth https://t.co/HBvI17z8PR
— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) August 30, 2022
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