‘Cowardly Assault On The Truth’: Liz Cheney Slams Republicans Calling For Her to be Criminally Investigated

House Republicans on Tuesday recommended a criminal investigation into the former leader of their conference, ex-Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY), accusing her of witness tampering.

The 128-page report was released by Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), the chairman of the House Administration Subcommittee on Oversight, and alleged that Cheney “colluded with ‘star witness’ Cassidy Hutchinson.” Hutchinson was the former aide to White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows who publicly testified before the House Jan. 6th Committee, which Cheney co-chaired.

Loudermilk’s allegation centers on the fact that Hutchinson reached out to Cheney via text message asking to talk before her public testimony.

Cheney hit back at Georgia Republican, saying, “Chairman [Barry] Loudermilk’s (R-Ga.) ‘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.” Cheney added:

January 6th showed Donald Trump for who [he] 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.

Trump made headlines during the 2024 presidential election for his rhetoric regarding Cheney, including suggesting she put before a military tribunal. In a recent Meet The Press interview, Trump said that Cheney and the other members of the January 6 committee should all “go to jail.” The Hill noted that “Loudermilk, chair of the subcommittee that assembled the report, was previously scrutinized by the disbanded House panel after he gave tours of the Capitol to two men who later participated in the march to the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.”