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From the Left · Read · October 28, 2026

Oct 27 · A federal grand jury declines to indict former Trump White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson over her Jan. 6 testimony

NBC News: Grand jury declines to indict former Trump aide Cassidy Hutchinson, star witness of Jan. 6 committee, U.S. official says

Grade B (82/100). NBC reports the grand jury's no bill, the Civil Rights Division's role, that the Justice Department can try again, Trump's past attacks on Hutchinson and her 2022 testimony

B: Uses an unnamed source or unsourced number.

  • Relies on an unnamed source or a number with no source (minus 18 points): the no bill is confirmed only by 'a senior U.S. official' (unnamed, ¶1)

Splits: NBC reports the grand jury's no bill, the Civil Rights Division's role, that the Justice Department can try again, Trump's past attacks on Hutchinson and her 2022 testimony

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