University students can serve as White House interns for Senators and House Members during their summer breaks from university. These internships are unpaid and allow students to gain professional skills, experience working in politics, and network. Hutchinson completed two White House internships for Representative Steve Scalise and Senator Ted Cruz. She was later an intern for the Office of Legislative Affairs, which helped her land her first paid job as an aide in that office.

The Office of Legislative Affairs is a part of the Department of Justice that coordinates with Congress on legislative matters. Hutchinson describes OLA as a “liaison between the executive and legislative branches of government” (45). She was pleased to be an intern there and was later hired as an aide, her first paid government position. Later in her career, Hutchinson found herself at odds with OLA staff since her boss, Mark Meadows, gave her “as much authority over OLA as its acting director” (112), which was not normal protocol.

The US House of Representatives voted to form this committee, informally known as the “January 6 Committee,” to investigate the events of January 6. The Committee consisted of Chair Bennie Thompson, Vice Chair Liz Cheney, and seven other representatives.