A new Republican oversight report accuses former Rep. Liz Cheney of colluding with witnesses in the Jan. 6 special committee investigation she oversaw.
The bombshell report released Tuesday said Cheney should be investigated by the FBI for possible criminal activity because of his role on the First Committee. The first committee was led by Democrats after President-elect Donald Trump left office and immediately after the clashes at the Capitol. 2021.
House Administration Committee Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.) released the report, the second major report on the January 6 attack on the Capitol.
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Based on the evidence available to this subcommittee, a number of federal laws were likely violated by Liz Cheney, former vice chair of the Jan. should be investigated by Evidence uncovered by the subcommittee revealed that former Rep. Liz Cheney secretly communicated with Hutchinson without Hutchinson’s attorney’s knowledge and tampered with at least one witness, Cassidy Hutchinson. . This confidential communication with the witness is inappropriate and may violate 18 USC 1512. Such conduct is not protected by the Speech and Debate Clause because it is outside the legitimate functioning of the legislative process.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation should also investigate Rep. Cheney for violating 18 U.S.C. 1622, which prohibits anyone from inducing another person to commit perjury. Based on the evidence available to this subcommittee, Hutchinson committed perjury when he lied under oath to the special committee. Additionally, Hutchinson was questioned by the FBI as part of the investigation into President Trump. The subcommittee requested a copy of FBI Report 302, which recorded this interview and Hutchinson’s statements, but the FBI refused to provide this important document. The FBI immediately reviewed Ms. Hutchinson’s testimony in this interview and determined whether she had lied in the FBI interview as well, and if so, if she had lied, former Rep. role must be determined.
Mr. Cheney has not yet publicly responded to the report.
President Trump recently suggested that some commissioners should face prison terms.
Sen. Bernie Sanders, R-Vermont; said This week, media outlets have argued that President Joe Biden should grant preemptive pardons to these lawmakers, an idea that is his own. reportedly under consideration.
In the first reported statement, the hill In response to Trump’s jail threat, Cheney focused not on her own defense but on Trump’s role in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
The report describes how the January 6 investigation was conducted, how witnesses were pressured and influenced, and how records, files and other evidence were handled. It raised a number of concerns and questions.
“Over the past 24 months of this investigation, my subcommittee staff has faced incredible obstacles in our pursuit of the truth: lost and deleted documents, hidden evidence, and missing videos. videos, uncooperative bureaucrats, etc.,” the report said.
Loudermilk’s first report investigated security failures at the Capitol.
After Loudermilk and his team examined thousands of hours of video and millions of pages of documents, interviewed dozens of witnesses, and conducted multiple public hearings, the report concludes with a review of the events of January 6th. revealed to be the result of security flaws and bad decision-making at several levels of government. .
“This report makes clear that there was no single cause for the events that occurred at the U.S. Capitol on January 6th. But it was a series of events at several levels and numerous organizations. “This was a failure of intelligence, security, and leadership,” the report said. “Among the failures, there were two common factors that contributed significantly to the security problem: excessive political influence over important decisions and greater concern for optics than for protection of life and property. .”
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