CNN Anchor Calls BS On Trump Over Dead-Of-Night Threat To J6 Probe Leader Liz Cheney In Damning Commentary

CNN anchor Kasie Hunt called out President-elect Donald Trump after he launched a dead-of-night threat to Liz Cheney over her participation in the January 6 investigation, giving a rundown of Trump’s actions.

Trump posted a message encouraging a criminal investigation into Cheney after a GOP-controlled subcommittee released a report saying the same.

He wrote “Liz Cheney could be in a lot of trouble based on the evidence obtained by the subcommittee, which states that ‘numerous federal laws were likely broken by Liz Cheney, and these violations should be investigated by the FBI.’”

On Wednesday’s edition of CNN This Morning, Hunt noted the late hour of the post — 3:11 am — and presented a brief video essay on Trump’s encouragement of the crowd that went on to riot at the Capitol:

KASIE HUNT: Donald Trump just weeks away from being invested with the immense powers of the presidency calling for a criminal investigation into Liz Cheney over witness tampering. After a report from House Republicans singled her out, accusing her of colluding with a witness on the January 6th committee and recommending she be investigated for possible criminal prosecution.

The president-elect weighing in on Tuesday’s report just three hours ago, saying this on his truth platform, social platform. Quote, “Liz Cheney could be in a lot of trouble based on the evidence obtained by the subcommittee, which states that numerous federal laws were likely broken by Liz Cheney and these violations should be investigated by the FBI,” end quote.

3:11 a.m. this morning. The president elect there referring to the report released yesterday by a Republican controlled House subcommittee alleging what it called, quote, “the failures and politicization of the January 6th select committee,” end quote. The report calls the committee, quote, “a political weapon with a singular focus to deceive the public into blaming President Trump for the violence on January 6th and tarnish the legacy of his first presidency.”.

Among the reports, allegations against Cheney that she colluded with one of the witness committee’s witnesses, Cassidy Hutchinson, who served as an assistant to White House chief of staff Mark Meadows.

Hutchinson provided testimony about Trump’s actions on January 6th, including recounting a story she was told about an interaction the president had with his Secret Service driver.

CASSIDY HUTCHINSON: The president said something to the effect of I’m the effing president. Take me up to the Capitol now. To which Bobby responded, Sir, we have to go back to the West Wing. The president reached up towards the front of the vehicle to grab at the steering wheel. Mr. Angle grabbed his arm, said, Sir, you need to take your hand off the steering wheel. We’re going back to the West Wing. We’re not going to the Capitol. Mr. Trump then used his free hand to lunge towards Bobby Angle.

KASIE HUNT: In a lengthy statement, Cheney refuted the report’s findings. She says that it, quote, “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,” end quote.

What did Donald Trump do on January 6th after spending months promoting false claims of election fraud? He stood on the Ellipse and he said this.

DONALD TRUMP: We will never give up. We will never concede.

DONALD TRUMP: It doesn’t happen. You don’t concede. When this steps in doubt.

DONALD TRUMP: All Vice President Pence has to do is send it back to the States to recertify and we become president. And you are the happiest people. And we fight. We fight like hell. And if you don’t fight like hell, you’re not going to have a country anymore.

KASIE HUNT: In the hours after those remarks, this violent mob stormed the Capitol in an attempt to prevent the certification of Trump’s defeat. Some rioters chanting “Hang Mike Pence,” Trump’s own vice president, at the time, because Pence refused to violate his oath of office. That deadly day’s events were enough at the time for Republicans to condemn Trump.

SEN. MITCH MCCONNELL: There’s no question that President Trump is practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of the day. No question about it.

REP. KEVIN MCCARTHY: The president bears responsibility for Wednesday’s attack on Congress by mob rioters. He should have immediately denounced the mob when he saw what was unfolding.

SEN. LINDSEY GRAHAM: All I can say is count me out. Enough is enough.

KASIE HUNT: But now, of course, four years later, the Republican Party once again united behind Trump. And in little over a month, he will once again control the federal government, have the authority to order the investigations, or at least have the people that he installs in Department of Justice positions to undertake investigations that he has openly called for for months.

DONALD TRUMP: I think those people committed a major crime and Cheney was behind it. For what they did. Yeah, honestly, they should go to jail.

Watch above via CNN This Morning.