Former Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney fired back at Republicans calling for a criminal investigation into her actions while on the sham January 6 Select Committee.
The so-called Republican and rabid critic of President-elect Donald Trump blasted the new House report that “fabricates lies” as it looked into the “Failures and Weaponization of the January 6th Select Committee,” which she co-chaired.
Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.), chairman of the House Administration Subcommittee on Oversight, released the interim report on Tuesday, alleging that Cheney “colluded with ‘star witness’ Cassidy Hutchinson,” a former aide to White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows.
“Former Representative Liz Cheney should be investigated for potential criminal witness tampering based on the new information about her communication,” according to Loudermilk’s report. “Cassidy Hutchinson’s most outrageous claims lacked any evidence, and the Select Committee had knowledge that her claims were false when they publicly promoted her.”
“Former Representative Liz Cheney used the January 6 Select Committee as a tool to attack President Trump, at the cost of investigative integrity and Capitol security,” Loudermilk noted.
Trump dropped a late-night message on Truth Social about the report’s findings.
( @realDonaldTrump – Truth Social Post )
( Donald J. Trump – Dec 18, 2024, 3:11 AM ET )Liz Cheney could be in a lot of trouble based on the evidence obtained by the subcommittee, which states that “numerous federal laws were likely broken by Liz Cheney, and these violations… pic.twitter.com/KEdJFDBlbl
— Donald J. Trump 🇺🇸 TRUTH POSTS (@TruthTrumpPosts) December 18, 2024
Cheney came after the Georgia Republican, claiming the report “intentionally disregards the truth and the Select Committee’s tremendous weight of evidence, and instead fabricates lies and defamatory allegations in an attempt to cover up what Donald Trump did.”
“Their allegations do not reflect a review of the actual evidence, and are a malicious and cowardly assault on the truth. No reputable lawyer, legislator, or judge would take this seriously,” she added.
“January 6th showed Donald Trump for who [he] really is – a cruel and vindictive man who allowed violent attacks to continue against our Capitol and law enforcement officers while he watched television and refused for hours to instruct his supporters to stand down and leave,” Cheney continued, falling back to the old talking points.
“The January 6th Committee’s hearings and report featured scores of Republican witnesses, including many of the most senior officials from Trump’s own White House, campaign and Administration. All of this testimony was painstakingly set out in thousands of pages of transcripts, made public along with a highly detailed and meticulously sourced 800-page report,” she claimed.
