A subpoena to Cassidy Hutchinson was nixed after Speaker Mike Johnson's office was reportedly made aware explicit texts lawmakers sent to her.

The move was intended in part to prevent the release of sexually explicit texts that lawmakers sent Cassidy Hutchinson.

A sexting problem in the GOP could have kept Republicans from interrogating a key political target. The Washington Post reports that Republicans avoided subpoenaing Mark Meadows' former Chief of Staff Cassidy Hutchinson last year to avoid the embarrassing fallout of her testimony.