Sunday 3 July 2022 06:06 PM January 6: Adam Kinzinger says 'new people' have come forward against Trump ... trends now

January 6 committee member Rep. Adam Kinzinger said on Sunday that 'new people' have come forward in the wake of former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson's bombshell testimony before the panel last week.

Further damning evidence could come from Donald Trump's ex-White House counsel Pat Cipollone, who Rep. Adam Schiff said Sunday is 'in discussions' with the panel on testifying against his old boss.

'We're in discussions with Mr. Cipollone's counsel. I'm hopeful that we can work out bringing him in for testimony,' Schiff told CBS News' Face The Nation after his colleagues subpoenaed the attorney.

Schiff said Cipollone 'clearly has information about - concerns about - criminal violations' Trump made or almost committed on January 6.'

'Hard to imagine someone more at the center of things, and I hope that he'll demonstrate the same courage we saw Cassidy Hutchinson display,' Schiff said.

Hutchinson's bombshell testimony on Tuesday painted a picture of a lame duck leader who attempted to bully his security detail and aides, including Hutchinson and Cipollone, into letting him accompany his mob of supporters to the US Capitol.

The 25-year-old former aide to Trump's final Chief of Staff Mark Meadows claimed Trump knew that some of his supporters were armed when he demanded to follow them to the Capitol and urged them to march toward it during his Stop The Steal speech.

And despite Trump allies' attempts to discredit her, Kinzinger told CNN's State of the Union on Sunday that the panel has fielded a slew of inquiries from people looking to back up Hutchinson's word.

The Illinois Republican said 'yes' when asked if more people have come forward in the wake of Hutchinson's hearing but declined to go into further detail.

'I don't want to get into who or any of those details, but - and it's not even just Cassidy, by the way, she's been inspiring for a lot of people,' Kinzinger said.

'This happens every day. Every day, we get new people that come forward and say, "Hey, I didn't think maybe this piece of the story that I knew was important, but now that you guys are talking - like, I do see this plays in here."'

Kinzinger also confirmed that there would be more surprise witnesses that 'he did not expect to hear from' with the Democrat-led committee's probe went underway.

'There will be - there is. There will be way more information,' the retiring lawmaker said.

Asked about Kinzinger's comments on Sunday, Schiff acknowledged the panel now has new 'leads' to follow after Hutchinson's testimony.