As allegations emerge against former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) over her potential crimes while serving as vice chair of the January 6 Select Committee, President Donald Trump has warned that the disgraced ex-congresswoman “could be in a lot of trouble.”
Trump responded after a new report from House Administration Subcommittee on Oversight Chairman Barry Loudermilk (R-GA) found that Cheney broke “numerous federal laws” while serving on the Democrats’ anti-Trump Jan. 6 Committee.
House Republicans are urging the FBI to investigate Cheney for infractions.
The allegations include witness tampering during the “investigation” of the Jan. 6, 2021, protests at the Capitol.
Trump shared the information on his Truth Social, writing:
“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 should be investigated by the FBI’.”
Trump thanked Loudermilk and Newsmax’s Greg Kelly for their digging.
According to Fox News, the report found that Cheney engaged in “potential criminal witness tampering” with Trump’s former White House aide, Cassidy Hutchinson.
Hutchinson was the “star witness” for the prosecution who claimed Trump had tried to overpower a Secret Service vehicle to head to the Capitol during the unrest.
She claimed that Trump tried to grab the steering wheel of his vehicle to turn it around and had to be held back by Secret Service agents.
However, the allegations were debunked by the Secret Service.
Transcripts of an interview with the Secret Service driver for Trump show that he pushed back on Hutchinson’s claims.
“I did not see him reach,” the driver told Cheney during an interview.
“He never grabbed the steering wheel.
“I didn’t see him, you know, lunge to try to get into the front seat at all.”
In addition, Hutchinson’s false claim was exposed when it was found that she was nowhere near Trump’s motorcade at the time and had never traveled with the president in his vehicle.
Her fabricated claims became the center of the committee’s case against Trump.
Loudermilk found that Cheney was instrumental in convincing Hutchison to fire her counsel.
The report noted that Hutchinson was told to go with “the attorneys Representative Cheney suggested.”
Hutchinson then “sat for her fourth transcribed interview with the Select Committee under unusual circumstances” not afforded to other witnesses.
“It consisted of only four people: Representative Cheney, one attorney from the Select Committee, Hutchinson, and Hutchinson’s new counsel,” Loudermilk’s report said.
“Additionally, instead of the Select Committee conducting the interview in a conference room or virtually, Representative Cheney used her private hideaway inside of the United States Capitol Building,” the report added.
Hutchinson’s testimony also received unusual gravitas from Cheney.
“Hutchinson is mentioned by name in the Select Committee’s Final Report no fewer than 185 times. Inexplicably, the Select Committee discredited the multitude of legitimate witnesses who, under oath, repeatedly refuted Hutchinson’s testimony,” Loudermilk’s report said.
“These legitimate witnesses include senior government officials and federal agents.”
Even in light of these accusations about Cheney, CNN still spun its coverage to focus on whether Trump’s Justice Department will go after his enemies.
The news outlet made a big deal about Trump’s surrogates pursuing “retribution” even if the president-elect doesn’t direct them to it.
However, the accusations are compelling and seem to check out.
Former Republican National Committee Chair Lara Trump, the president-elect’s daughter-in-law, indicated that investigations are coming because of this report.
“These people ought to be ashamed of themselves,” Lara Trump said.
“I know they aren’t, so we’ll go ahead and shame them.”
“Wait until Kash Patel and Tulsi Gabbard get in there,” Lara Trump said of Donald Trump’s pick for FBI chief and director of national intelligence, respectively.
Considering what the Loudermilk report already found, investigating Cheney’s conduct is warranted.
President Trump is cheering the opportunity to finally expose his political enemies for what they are.
Everything done in darkness will finally come to light, whether they like it or not.
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