It’s always interesting when the investigator becomes the investigated. Such is the case with former Rep. Liz Cheney, who served as vice chair on the hyper-politicized Jan. 6 Committee and who often acted as more of an Adam Schiff clone than a Wyoming Republican.
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On Tuesday, the House Oversight Committee released its interim report on the J6 protests and concluded that A) the events were preventable and B) Cheney may have criminally tampered with a witness during the inquiry.
It’s time for Cheney to be put under the spotlight, they concluded:
“Based on the evidence obtained by this Subcommittee, numerous federal laws were likely broken by Liz Cheney, the former Vice Chair of the January 6 Select Committee, and these violations should be investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation,” the report released by the House Administration Oversight Subcommittee and its chairman Barry Loudermilk stated.
They flat-out accused her of witness tampering, a charge which can come with a lengthy prison sentence:
“Evidence uncovered by the Subcommittee revealed that former Congresswoman Liz Cheney tampered with at least one witness, Cassidy Hutchinson, by secretly communicating with Hutchinson without Hutchinson’s attorney’s knowledge.,” it added. “This secret communication with a witness is improper and likely violates 18 U.S.C. 1512. Such action is outside the due functioning of the legislative process and therefore not protected by the Speech and Debate clause.”
Federal law criminalizes witness tampering of varying degrees, and subjects a defendant to as many as 20 years in prison.
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BREAKING.🚨@OversightAdmn is referring Liz Cheney for a *CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION* due to her partisan activities on the J6 committee.
The House Administration Subcommittee on Oversight gave its recommendation in an interim report on former Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s now-disbanded,… pic.twitter.com/4ggvk36laU
— Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) December 17, 2024
The House Administration Subcommittee on Oversight gave its recommendation in an interim report on former Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s now-disbanded, weaponized J6 committee.
As we reported in November, Cheney may have had improper discussions with Hutchinson before her testimony:
Cheney allegedly exchanged messages with former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson in June 2022 as the investigation was still in full swing, according to Just the News. It is believed she used Signal, the messaging app, as a back channel to discuss the case with Hutchinson.
Hutchinson, a former aide to ex-White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, is the witness who testified that Trump tried to grab the steering wheel of his limo from his Secret Service driver as J6 was unfolding, a claim that has been vigorously disputed.
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Cheney committed perjury, the Committee alleged, and they want the FBI to look into it:
Loudermilk’s report suggested Cheney also bore responsibility for Hutchinson’s testimony.
“The Federal Bureau of Investigation must also investigate Representative Cheney for violating 18 U.S.C. 1622, which prohibits any person from procuring another person to commit perjury,” the report said. ”Based on the evidence obtained by this Subcommittee, Hutchinson committed perjury when she lied under oath to the Select Committee.”
The new Congressional report on Liz Cheney’s unethical behavior in the J6 Show Trial also notes how Cassidy Hutchinson lied about so many things, including about me illegally obtaining classified information from Mark Meadows. (Everything she said about me was false, fwiw.) pic.twitter.com/dXWEYMlNIS
— Mollie (@MZHemingway) December 17, 2024
The report also detailed some other bombshell findings about the corrupt J6 Committee:
- The Select Committee failed to preserve significant evidence from its investigation, more than one terabyte of data in total, that includes missing videos of witness interviews;
- Star witness Cassidy Hutchinson made significant material changes to her original testimony with the help of Vice Chair Cheney in an errata sheet where she introduced new narratives, some that conflicted with Secret Service testimony;
- Speaker Pelosi took some responsibility for not ensuring adequate Capitol security in unaired footage recorded as part of an HBO documentary being made by her daughter; and
- Department of Defense officials delayed the deployment of National Guard the Capitol despite standing orders from President Donald Trump to keep his speech and the Capitol safe.
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It will be interesting to see if—once power in the White House, Senate and House returns to GOP hands in January—any consequences are meted out. Republicans will have more than just “strongly-worded letters” at their disposal going forward.
It’s time for Liz Cheney to face the music.
