Cheney urges court to hold Jan. 6 trial before election: ‘He knows how damaging that will be’

Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) said it was important for former President Trump’s federal election interference case to go to trial before voters choose the next president in November 2024, asking the Supreme Court. He asked that Trump’s appeal be recognized as delayed. tactics.

“There is no way a president of the United States could try to overturn an election and seize power, and our judicial system cannot hold a trial and hold him accountable before the next election,” Cheney said Wednesday. Stated. Event at Drake University, Iowa. “That can’t happen.”

Trump’s lawyers are seeking a delay in each of his four criminal cases ahead of the 2024 presidential election, citing a variety of factors.

Trump’s claim that his federal election interference case, which some critics see as most important to resolve by November, should now be exempt from criminal prosecution for anything he did while in office. The case has been put on hold until the Supreme Court issues its decision. The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear the case on April 25th.

Cheney, who served as vice chair of the House committee that investigated President Trump’s efforts to overturn his 2020 defeat, said that despite Trump’s claims to the contrary, no claims led to federal indictments. He said he has all the evidence from the special counsel’s investigation. We have all the evidence from the Select Committee on January 6th.

Cheney said Trump may be trying to delay the trial because he “knows how damaging” the evidence will be.

“If you look at what Donald Trump is doing now and the extensive efforts he has undertaken to prevent the January 6th trial from being forced before the election, you can see why he would do it. “Because he knows, first of all, that he… has all the evidence that…” , referring to the evidence from the grand jury.

“So Donald Trump knows what the most senior members of his administration have said, including the vice president, the attorney general, the acting attorney general, the acting secretary of defense. He knows what all of them said in the grand jury. I know how damaging that is to him,” Cheney added in a statement. First noticed by Mediaite.

Regarding President Trump’s claim of presidential immunity, Cheney warned the Supreme Court to “recognize that what Mr. Trump is doing is a delaying tactic,” adding that allowing further delays “is itself a suppression of evidence.” ”.

“I believe that the Supreme Court will act responsibly and expeditiously on this appeal,” Cheney said. “But such action would require the American people to see the evidence. “We recognize that this will cause further delays in preventing this from happening.” Open court is itself a suppression of evidence, and the American people have a right to see that evidence. And the courts should recognize that as well. ”

Trump campaign spokesman Stephen Chan hit back at Cheney in an emailed statement, saying, “Of course Shotgun Liz will advocate weaponizing the judicial system to interfere in elections.” is clearly suffering from Trump Derangement Syndrome.”