Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) on Monday pushed back against former President Trump’s call for her to be indicted for allegedly withholding evidence and testimony from a House committee investigation on Jan. 6.
“Lying in all caps is not the truth, Donald. I know you and your lawyers have had the evidence for a long time,” Cheney wrote on Sunday. In the post of X, Previously on Twitter.
Cheney reposted a screenshot of President Trump’s Truth Social post on Sunday, in which he wrote in all caps, “She should be prosecuted for what she did to our country!” was. She illegally destroyed her evidence. unrealistic!!!”
President Trump’s words are attached to the article Published in Federalist Magazine Former Trump administration aide Kash Patel said Cheney and a House committee on January 6, 2021, regarding the former president’s authorization to deploy National Guard troops during the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot. “The evidence was concealed.”
In a second post on Sunday, Cheney called Trump’s new claims “lies.”
“You had all the grand jury and J6 transcripts available for months. You are afraid of the truth, and you should be.”
Cheney, a three-term congressman and vice chair of the House Jan. 6 Committee, is one of the Republican Party’s most outspoken critics of the former president. She has repeatedly blamed President Trump for inciting the Capitol riot.
She ultimately lost her seat in the 2022 primary to Trump-backed challenger Rep. Harriet Hagemen (R-Wyo.).
The back-and-forth over the Jan. 6 evidence undermines the credibility of Congress’ initial investigation and a new House Republican report on the Capitol attack released last week aimed at clearing President Trump of any wrongdoing ahead of the November election. It follows the book.
The report, drafted by the House Administration Committee’s oversight subpanel, alleges that the now-disbanded Jan. 6 special committee was involved in a partisan investigation aimed at damaging the former president. are doing.
The report states that the person driving President Trump’s car on January 6th had previously claimed that Trump took control of the car and tried to drive to the Capitol. It includes details about how House aide Cassidy Hutchinson’s testimony was challenged. She testified that she was told by others that Trump “lunged” toward the steering wheel after his speech near the White House, apparently trying to head toward the Capitol.
But the unnamed driver told House investigators that Trump “never got behind the wheel” and “didn’t see him lunge to get into the front seat.” . Republicans exploited this contradiction.
The former president has been charged with four felonies, including acts related to Jan. 6, attempting to overturn the results of the 2020 election. The trial in the case, one of four criminal cases against Trump, has been postponed while the Supreme Court considers: The former president’s actions on January 6 are subject to executive privilege.
Trump’s lawyers have argued that he cannot be prosecuted for actions he took while president.
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