House Speaker Mike Johnson reportedly warned Republican lawmakers against subpoenaing the phone records of key Jan. 6 witness Cassidy Hutchinson, saying doing so could reveal “sexual texts” that might embarrass some of his colleagues.

Hutchinson served as a whistleblower in the bipartisan House Committee on the Jan. 6 Attack that concluded “former President Donald Trump, whom many others followed,” was responsible for the deadly 2021 storming of the Capitol. Testimony from Hutchinson, a former aide to Republican White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, helped investigators reach that conclusion.

Since winning a House majority in 2022, Republicans led by Johnson and loyal to Trump have committed themselves to investigating those investigators. But when Johnson considered calling for Hutchinson’s phone records in June, an aide reportedly warned that Republicans might not like what he finds.

The unnamed aide allegedly said multiple colleagues had raised concerns with Johnson’s office that “sexual texts from (Congress) members who were trying to engage in sexual favors” with Hutchinson could be found in her phone, according to correspondence reviewed by The Washington Post.

In a subsequent meeting, GOP Rep. Barry Loudermilk, who was tapped to lead the investigation into the Jan. 6 committee, was reportedly given that warning as well. The panel ultimately opted not to subpoena Hutchinson.

Largely dismissive of the Post’s story, Johnson said Thursday he never advised Loudermilk not to subpoena Hutchinson, and that the scuttlebutt was “much ado about nothing.” Loudermilk said the decision was made because Hutchinson was already cooperating with the panel, according to The Hill.

What the possibly dirty text messages involving Hutchinson might say or who sent them isn’t clear. In speaking to the Post, her attorney did not address whether any such texts exist.

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