As we previously reported, a recent interim report from the Committee on House Administration’s Subcommittee on Oversight found that the events of Jan. 6 were preventable. It also dropped some bombshell allegations against former Republican Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney including that she may have tampered with a witness, Cassidy Hutchinson. The report said “numerous federal laws were likely broken” by Cheney, the Vice Chair of the Jan. 6 Committee and recommended that they be investigated by the FBI.
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Cheney did not handle the report well, tossing a bit of a fit. She went on and on about the pages of the report:
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.
But what she didn’t do in her statement was deal with the questions about her communications with Hutchinson.
As I previously said, we may find out soon if any “reputable, lawyer, legislator or judge” will take this seriously, if the FBI takes up the case.
Liz Cheney Throws a Hissy Fit After Bombshell GOP Accusations Against Her
Rep. Barry Loudermilk, the Chair of the Subcommittee on Oversight, skewered Cheney’s reply.
“Cheney claims the Select Committee’s report was based on the testimony of hundreds of witnesses, whose testimony was made public. However, Cheney and Thompson did not make ALL transcripts public. They hid transcripts of first-hand witnesses who directly refuted their ‘star witness’ Cassidy Hutchinson’s sensational story, which Cheney had personally procured.
“Americans can see the facts for themselves. That is why I have always released first-hand accounts and evidence, including today, where I am releasing the transcripts from the interview of USSS employees who directly refute Hutchinson’s story. Cheney and Thompson’s Select Committee conducted these interviews and had this information but chose not to release it publicly.
“Former Chairman Thompson might not be aware of these transcripts, which refute the narrative put forward by his committee, so I understand his confusion. I encourage him to read these transcripts taken by his select committee.
“I also invite Chairman Thompson to explain why the Vice Chair of his committee, Liz Cheney, was having secret conversations with the committee’s “star witness”, behind his back.”
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Now there’s more bad news for Cheney.
A majority of voters are in favor of an investigation into her actions on the Jan. 6 Committee.
According to a new Rasmussen poll, 57 percent of likely voters were in favor of the Republican call for an FBI investigation into Cheney.
Of the 57 percent, 36 percent strongly approved and 21 percent somewhat approved. Only 33 percent disapproved.
57% of voters favor an FBI probe into Liz Cheney, according to @Rasmussen_Poll.
Did you hear that, @Kash_Patel? pic.twitter.com/CgUVpHX0Oy
— Breanna Morello (@BreannaMorello) December 27, 2024
I don’t think Cheney expected that during the election, and I’m fairly certain Kamala Harris didn’t. Another example of how much Harris completely misjudged the opinion of the American public. She embraced Cheney, thinking that she was somehow reaching out for some mystical, middle vote that Cheney represented. But as the people of Wyoming proved, Cheney has no constituency except Democrats and those folks are already were voting for Harris (or sitting out). She didn’t add anything. Harris only lost leftists who saw the embrace as a cynical rejection of all their past concerns about Cheney and her father.
But the report and the poll are certainly going to add to the call for Kash Patel to act, if he is approved to head the FBI.
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