Republican presidential hopeful Hutchinson says Trump should exit race over Jan 6 attack

WASHINGTON, April 4 — Former Arkansas governor Asa Hutchinson, a Republican running for US president, said he would not have pursued the hush-money case against former President Donald Trump, but said his 2024 rival bore “significant responsibility” for the January 6 attack on the US Capitol and should exit the race. In an interview with Reuters, Hutchinson called the Manhattan criminal probe into hush money paid to a porn star on the eve of Trump’s 2016 election victory a misguided use of prosecutorial discretion against a former president. But a federal probe into the January 6, 2021, assault on the…