Disgraced former Congresswoman Liz Cheney (R-WY) has issued an angry response after a new report found that the Democrats’ Jan. 6 Committee suppressed “exonerating evidence” that supported President Donald Trump’s defense.
Cheney, a key member of the anti-Trump House committee, imploded in a social media post after the new evidence, revealed by the Federalist’s Mollie Hemingway, provoked outrage on social media.
Hemingway’s report accuses Cheney and the Jan. 6 committee of suppressing exonerating evidence of then-President Trump’s push for 10,000 National Guard troops to protect the nation’s capital on January 6, 2021.
The report found that Cheney and her allies “falsely claimed they had ‘no evidence’ to support Trump officials’ claims the White House had communicated its desire for 10,000 National Guard troops.”
However, an early transcribed interview conducted by the committee “included precisely that evidence from a key source.”
That key source was Deputy Chief of Staff Anthony Ornato.
Ornato said he overheard White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows push Washington D.C.’s Democrat Mayor Muriel Bowser to request as many National Guard troops as needed on Jan. 6.
He also testified that Trump suggested 10,000 troops would be needed to keep the peace at public rallies and protests scheduled for Jan. 6, 2021.
Ornato asserted that Trump’s White House was frustrated with Acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller’s slow deployment of assistance on the day of the riot.
Ornato’s testimony was corroborated by Kash Patel, the former chief of staff to the acting secretary of defense.
According to The Federalist, this information was suppressed.
Hemingway writes that the committee’s members mischaracterized the interview and suppressed the transcript from public review.
“On top of that, committee allies began publishing critical stories and even conspiracy theories about Ornato ahead of follow-up interviews with him,” The Federalist notes.
“Ornato was a career Secret Service official who had been detailed to the security position in the White House.
“Cheney frequently points skeptics of her investigation to the Government Publishing Office website that posted, she said, ‘transcripts, documents, exhibits & our meticulously sourced 800+ page final report.’
“That website provides ‘supporting documents’ to the claims made by Cheney and fellow anti-Trump enthusiasts.
“However, transcripts of fewer than half of the 1,000 interviews the committee claims it conducted are posted on that site.
“It is unclear how many of the hidden transcripts include exonerating information suppressed by the committee.”
Republican Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-GA) responded to the report, arguing that it confirms Trump’s version of events.
“The former J6 Select Committee apparently withheld Mr. Ornato’s critical witness testimony from the American people because it contradicted their pre-determined narrative,” Loudermilk said.
“Mr. Ornato’s testimony proves what Mr. Meadows has said all along: President Trump did in fact offer 10,000 National Guard troops to secure the U.S. Capitol, which was turned down.”
Loudermilk’s subcommittee is reviewing the work of the Jan. 6 committee following accusations of unethical behavior at the expense of accuracy, along with collusion with other Democrat efforts at political persecution.
Since the report was published, people have been taking to social media to express their outrage over the cover-up of exonerating evidence.
In a post on X, conservative commentator Mark Levin blasted Cheney over the report, saying:
“Sleazy Liz Cheney needs to receive some of the Stalinist medicine she introduced into the body politick against scores of patriotic Americans — that is, she needs to be compelled to testify under oath about, among other things, what knowledge she may have about: possible witness tampering, censorship of exculpatory information and testimony, the destruction of committee evidence and data, etc.”
Cheney issued an angry response, calling Hemingway a “bozo” and accused the Federalist and Levin of “spreading BS.”
She also tried directing people to various sections of the hyperpartisan Jan. 6 report in which Secretary of Defense Miller (the guy who was ‘slow to deploy’ assistance) said Trump never ordered 10,000 troops.
Hi Mark: I see you’re still spreading BS. You & the bozo who wrote this might want to actually read the 1/6 report (eg, Appendix 2, 741-2, 127-8, 587-92), SecDef Miller’s transcript (Trump never ordered 10k troops), Judge Wallace’s finding (Kash Patel is “not a credible witness”) https://t.co/WdOxaEbVks
— Liz Cheney (@Liz_Cheney) March 10, 2024
What’s this? Actual evidence that Cheney is lying from the secretary of defense?
January 3, 2021
“President concurs in activation of the DCNG to support law enforcement.” pic.twitter.com/p4QmrhiIWW
— Bad Kitty Unleashed 🦁💪🏻 (@pepesgrandma) March 10, 2024
The same report also claimed that Kash Patel is “not a credible witness” by citing a judge with a conflict of interest.
You mean this Judge Wallace?
The Democrat donor and new Democrat appointee to Denver District Court?
Who donated to an anti-Trump PAC to chase out of office Republicans for January 6th?
When caught, she claimed she didn’t remember making that political donation a year prior? https://t.co/tagwjfeenC
— 🇺🇸 Mike Davis 🇺🇸 (@mrddmia) March 10, 2024
However, Cheney conveniently didn’t address the suppression of information allegations in her response.
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