Former President Trump said on Sunday that former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) and other members of the Jan. 6 committee intentionally withheld testimony and details from the investigation into the president’s actions on Jan. 6. It doubled down on its calls for his prosecution on suspicion of withholding. January 6, 2021, Capitol riot.
On Sunday, President Trump posted an article on Truth Social about former Trump administration aide Kash Patel. Published in Federalist Magazine Last week, Patel claimed in a statement that Cheney and the House Jan. 6 Committee “withheld evidence” regarding the former president’s authorization to deploy the National Guard during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot. .
“She should be prosecuted for what she did to our country! She illegally destroyed evidence. Unreal!!!” Trump said on Truth Social while linking to Patel’s article. wrote.
Cheney returned the applause On Sunday, President Trump called for her incarceration on Platform We have had the transcripts available for months. You have 1/1/2 access to your VP, WH’s advisors, WH’s aides, campaign and Justice Department officials, etc. to testify against you. You are trying to stop the trial of 6. You are afraid of the truth and you should be.”
Cheney served as vice chair of the House committee on Jan. 6 and emerged as one of the former president’s most outspoken Republican critics. She has repeatedly placed the blame on President Trump, who is accused of inciting the riot.
Cheney lost her House seat for the second time in three terms to Trump-backed challenger Rep. Harriet Hageman in the 2022 Wyoming primary, but Trump maintained broad support among voters.
The exchange comes as House Republicans release a new report on the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, aimed at discrediting Congress’ initial investigation into the Capitol riot and clearing President Trump of any wrongdoing as he seeks reelection. It happened almost a week after.
The report, drafted by the House Administration Committee’s Oversight Subpanel, accuses the now-disbanded Jan. 6 Select Committee of embarking on a partisan witch hunt to harm the former president.
The report also states that the driver of President Trump’s car on January 6 contradicted testimony from former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson, who had previously claimed that Trump took control of the car and tried to drive it toward the Capitol. It contained details about how the objection was raised. She told the nation that she had heard from others that President Trump “lunged” into the steering wheel after speaking near the White House on Jan. 6, apparently in an attempt to get to the Capitol.
But the anonymous driver told the committee that Trump “never got behind the wheel” and “didn’t see him lunge to get into the front seat.”
Republicans are using the driver’s testimony and why the commission didn’t release it sooner as further fuel for their argument that Trump should be exonerated for his actions on January 6th.
A copy of the driver’s testimony. new york timesthe driver indicated he supported Mr. Hutchinson’s details about President Trump’s claim to join supporters at the Capitol.
President Trump currently faces four felonies for allegedly trying to overturn the 2020 election results, but the Supreme Court will consider whether the former president’s actions on January 6 fall under executive privilege. As a result, the trial has been postponed. Trump argued that he could not be prosecuted because he was serving as president at the time.
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