Liz Cheney, a former member of the partisan Jan. 6 Committee, said Monday that she should not go to prison for allegedly destroying 117 committee files.
President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday accused partisan committee members of destroying evidence from the committee that he claimed exonerated him of fraud allegations.
The accusations came after Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.), who led the House Administration Committee's oversight investigation, said in January that his computer forensics investigators had discovered 117 files were missing and that likely the committee was not investigating them. This was done after the group announced that it had been discovered to have been deleted or encrypted by members of the group.
“It's clear [the J6 committee] “Every effort was made to prevent Americans from seeing certain documents produced in the investigation,” Loudermilk told Fox News. “It also appears that Bennie Thompson and Liz Cheney intended to obstruct the subcommittee by failing to preserve critical information and video as required by House rules.”
In an interview with NBC's Kristen Welker, President Trump said the committee members should go to prison for their actions.
“Cheney, along with Thompson and others on this unelected committee of political thugs, did something that is unforgivable. And, you know, it's creepy,” Trump said of the committee's chairman, Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Mississippi). state) was mentioned. “They removed and destroyed all evidence.”
“Remember, the unselected committee did a year and a half of sworn testimony, got all the testimony, then deleted it, waited, and pretty much destroyed everything,” Trump explained. . “There's nothing left. It's unheard of and they deny you doing something like that. If it's a civil case, you'll go to jail.”
Cheney, who enriched her own pockets in Congress before losing and leaving office, said, “The suggestion that Congressmen who later investigated Trump's illegal and unconstitutional actions should be imprisoned is Trump's threat to the rule of law and the foundations of our country.'' This is a continuation of the attack.” ” new york times reported.
“As has been extensively detailed, including by Chairman Thompson, Donald Trump knows that his claims about the Select Board are absurd and false,” she continued.
Cheney argued that:
I can think of no good factual or constitutional basis for what Donald Trump is suggesting (a Justice Department investigation into the activities of a Congressional committee), and any lawyer seeking to pursue such a course should , you will find yourself engaging in conduct that merits immediate sanction.
Trump suggested that “maybe” President Joe Biden should pre-emptively pardon Cheney and others from the committee. Democrats and media allies are urging the president to do so. “Mr. Biden could pardon them if he wanted to,” Trump told NBC News' Kristen Welker. “And maybe he should.”
“So do you think Liz Cheney should go to prison?” Welker asked Trump.
President Trump responded, “Whoever voted yes…”
“Are you going to direct the FBI director and attorney general to send them to prison?” she followed up.
President Trump said, “Absolutely not.” “I think they need to consider that. … They can do whatever they want.”
Wendell Husebo is a political reporter for Breitbart News and a former RNC war room analyst. He is the author of The Politics of Slave Morality. Follow Wendell “×” @WendellHusebø or society of truth @WendellHusebo.
