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Former Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney said President-elect Trump The floating jail time for her and other members of the January 6 Committee “is a continuation of their assault on the rule of law.”
“Here’s the truth: Donald Trump tried to overturn the 2020 presidential election and take power,” Cheney said in a statement in response to Trump, which was provided to Fox Digital. “He mobilized an angry mob and sent them to the United States Capitol, where they attacked police officers, stormed the building and stopped the official counting of electoral votes. Trump watched on television as police officers were brutally beaten and the Capitol was assaulted, he refused. for hours to tell the crowd to leave.”
Cheney’s response follows Trump joining NBC’s “Meet the Press” for a pre-taped interview that aired Sunday, in which the president-elect denounced Cheney, committee chairman Rep. Bennie Thompson and others, “suppressed and destroyed” evidence related to January 6. investigation and “should go to jail”.
“Cheney did something that’s inexcusable, along with Thompson and the people on the non-select committee of political thugs and, you know, douchebags,” he said in the interview. “They removed and destroyed all the evidence.”
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Rep. Liz Cheney attends the final public meeting of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 attack at the US Capitol on December 19, 2022 in Washington, DC (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
“And Cheney was behind it. And so was Bennie Thompson and everyone on this committee,“, he continued. “For what they did, honestly, they should go to jail.”
Cheney responded in his statement that January 6, 2021 “was the worst violation of our Constitution by any president in the history of our country. Donald Trump’s suggestion that members of Congress who then investigated his illegal and unconstitutional actions should be imprisoned is a continuation of his assault on the rule of law and the foundations of our republic.”
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The January 6 committee was established in July 2021 to investigate violation of the US Capitol before that year by Trump supporters before President Biden officially took office on January 20. The January 6 committee investigation was conducted when Democrats were in control of the House.
The committee concluded its 18-month investigation last year, when Republicans regained control of the House, and sent referrals to the Justice Department recommending that Trump be prosecuted for his involvement in grooming supporters who they breach the Capitol.
Representatives Bennie Thompson and Liz Cheney during a meeting of the committee investigating the attack on the Capitol, December 19, 2022. (Getty Images)
The committee consisted of seven Democrats and two Republican lawmakers, Cheney and Adam Kinzinger, both of whom are no longer in office.
Earlier this year, House Republicans released a report alleging the select committee “suppressed” records and hired “Hollywood producers” to promote a political narrative while investigating on Jan. 6.
“For nearly two years, former Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s Jan. 6 Select Committee promoted hearsay and cherry-picked information to further their political goal: legislatively prosecute former President Donald Trump,” Rep. Barry Loudermilk, R-Ga. , president of the Committee. to the House Administration Oversight Subcommittee, said in a statement about the report in March.
Former President Trump takes the stage during a campaign rally at the Desert Diamond Arena on August 23, 2024 in Glendale, Arizona. (Rebecca Noble/Getty Images)
Among its key findings, the report claimed that the select committee was designed “to promote a political narrative” and also claimed that it “suppressed records and concealed evidence” before Republicans took the House majority during the election cycle of 2022.
“THE SELECTED COMMISSION DELETED RECORDS AND HIDDEN EVIDENCE – Reps. Thompson and Cheney did not turn over the videotapes of interviews and witness statements despite using those tapes in their high-profile prime-time hearings. The Subcommittee recovered more than a hundred deleted or password-protected files, including some files that were deleted days before Republicans took the majority. They also withheld multiple transcribed interviews of witnesses who had firsthand knowledge of Trump’s actions on January 6,” the report found.
Trump had repeatedly claimed that Cheney and other committee members “suppressed” evidence. Cheney criticized Loudermilk’s report at the time as a “cover-up” of Trump’s actions on January 6.
“If your response to Trump’s assault on our democracy is to lie and cover up what he did, attack the brave men and women who presented the truth, and defend the criminals who violently attacked the Capitol, you need to re- your side. Hint: it’s not from America,” he posted to X at the time.
Cheney added in his statement this week that Trump’s claims about the committee’s destruction of evidence are “ridiculous and false.”
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Trump supporters occupy the west front of the Capitol and the inauguration is January 6, 2021. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
“Donald Trump knows his claims about the select committee are ridiculous and false, as has been widely detailed, including by Chairman Thompson,” he continued. Cheney cited a Thompson’s July 2023 letter to Loudermilk, refuting claims that evidence was destroyed, detailing that the committee had asked the federal government for “proper archiving of this highly sensitive material to protect the safety of witnesses, national security, and to safeguard law enforcement operations.”
“There is no conceivable factual or constitutional basis for what Donald Trump is suggesting — a Justice Department investigation into the work of a congressional committee — and any lawyer who tries to pursue that course would quickly find himself engaged in punishable conduct.” , Cheney continued. .
Cheney added that materials from special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into Trump and the 2020 election must be preserved and made public.
“The Department of Justice should ensure that all of this material is preserved and cannot be destroyed. As much of this information as possible should be disclosed in the special counsel’s next report.”
Vice President Kamala Harris campaigns with former Rep. Liz Cheney in Brookfield, Wisconsin on October 21, 2024. (Kamil Krzaczynski/AFP via Getty Images)
As Trump rose in popularity ahead of the 2024 election, Cheney joined forces with Vice President Kamala Harris on the campaign trail to rally support for the Democratic ticket.
“I’m asking you to stand the truth. Reject the depraved cruelty of Donald Trump,” Cheney told Harris supporters in Wisconsin before the election.
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When Biden’s term comes to an endSpeculation has grown that the 46th president could grant “preemptive pardons” to those seen as Trump’s political enemies, including Cheney, Dr. Anthony Fauci, former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Disease Infectious diseases and California Senator-elect Adam Schiff. . Cheney did not say whether he would accept such a pardon if offered one.