[guest post by Dana]

Surprising no one, the Republican House Committee recommended that Liz Cheney be criminally investigated for her role on the Jan. 6 committee:

Committee on House Administration’s Subcommittee on Oversight lead by Rep. Barry Loudermilk released a second report concerning the Jan. 6 bipartisan group charged with investigating the events that took place at the Capitol in 2021.

1. Former Representative Liz Cheney colluded with “star witness” Cassidy Hutchinson without Hutchinson’s attorney’s knowledge.

2. Former Representative Liz Cheney should be investigated for potential criminal witness tampering based on the new information about her communication.

. . .

4. Former Representative Liz Cheney used the January 6 Select Committee as a tool to attack President Trump, at the cost of investigative integrity and Capitol security.

(All of this comes after Trump has said that repeatedly that he will begin pardoning convicted Jan. 6 participants on Day 1 of his tenure.)

Cheney blasted Loudermouth in response to his nonsense:

“January 6th showed Donald Trump for who is really is – a cruel and vindictive man who allowed violent attacks to continue against our Capitol and law enforcement officers while he watched television and refused for hours to instruct his supporters to stand down and leave. The January 6th Committee’s hearings and report featured scores of republican witnesses, including many of the most senior officials from Trump’s own White House, campaign and Administration. All of this testimony was painstakingly set out in thousands of pages of transcripts, made public along with a highly detailed and meticulously sourced 800 page report. The Department of Justice conducted its
own independent investigation and reached the same fundamental conclusions. “Now, Chairman Loudermilk’s ‘Interim Report’ intentionally disregards the truth and the Select Committee’s tremendous weight of evidence, and instead fabricates lies and defamatory allegations in an attempt to cover up what Donald Trump did. Their allegations do not reflect a review of the actual evidence, and are a malicious and cowardly assault on the truth.

No reputable lawyer, legislator or judge would take this seriously.”

Trump has made no bones about going after Liz Cheney for her role on the Jan. 6 committee. As recently as Sunday, Trump told NBC’s Meet the Press host that the leaders of the Jan. 6 committee “lied” and “should go to jail.” Trump had already amplified posts in July 2024 that said that Cheney should have to go before a ”televised military tribunal.” Moreover, just last month, Trump said that Cheney should have to “face gunfire” directed at her.

Anyway, I’m always amused to see how much a smart and fearless woman like Cheney gets under Trump’s skin.

Loudermilk’s full report can be read here.

—Dana