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Ex-Trump aide describes president’s fury, fight with bodyguard leading up to Jan. 6 riot

President Donald Trump was so unhinged about losing the 2020 election that he got into a physical altercation with his top Secret Service agent, threw his lunch against a wall and demanded that armed supporters be allowed to attend his final rally before marching on the Capitol, the star witness of the House Jan. 6 committee testified Tuesday.

Cassidy Hutchinson, a Republican who served as top aide to Trump White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, gave the House select committee a behind-the-scenes view of the West Wing in the frantic days and hours leading up to the Jan.