Posted on 12/01/2021 5:43:12 PM PST by RandFan
Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), the vice chair of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, suggested Wednesday that former President Trump could be held responsible for any falsehoods exchanged with the panel.
“President Trump continues to make the same false claims about a stolen election with which he has misled millions of Americans. These are the same claims he knows provoked violence in the past. He has recently suggested that he wants to debate members of this committee,” Cheney said.
“This committee's investigation into the violent assault on our Capitol on January 6 is not a game. When this committee convenes hearings, witnesses will be called to testify under oath. Any communications Mr. Trump has with this committee will be under oath. And if he persists in lying then he will be accountable under the laws of this great nation and subject to criminal penalties for every false word he speaks.”
Chair Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) has previously said “no one is off limits” when asked if the committee may eventually subpoena Trump.
Cheney’s comments came at a business meeting where the panel forwarded its second referral for criminal contempt to the full House, in this case for Jeffrey Clark, a former DOJ official who was central to Trump’s efforts to pressure the department to act on his baseless claims of voter fraud.
If Trump, like Clark, failed to appear before the committee following a subpoena, a contempt report would detail all the exchanges between him and his attorneys and committee staff. If he appeared, he could face charges if he lied to congressional investigators. It’s the same charge his confidant Roger Stone, now also subpoenaed by the committee, faced before being pardoned by Trump.
What did fat Liz have to say about Adam Schiff’s lies??
Thought so...
Liz, stand down. No one wants to hear your bs.
“When this committee convenes hearings, witnesses will be called to testify under oath.”
They haven’t had hearings yet???
never trust the GOP.
did they throw her out?
did they throw Romney out?
did they throw Ryan out?
did they throw McConnell out?
no the backstabbing bastards attacked Pres. Trump
so America would be controlled by ChInA.
GOP <== the ENEMY of America
Do what you gotta do Liz. America is watching you...
Thompson and Cheney. . Democrats giving America what it voted for— a racist a—hole and a slut.
Bitter hateful woman who will never be President which is why she is so vindictive.
Liz, You are the Queen of the GOPeahens, we don’t want you representing anything. We see through your TDS and your Deep Deep statism. You, threatening the brightest spot in Republican history except maybe for Lincoln and Reagan, shows what you are all about. Good freaking bye.
Show Trials. Damned if you do, damned if you don’t.
Show trial.
There’s consequences for Rinos too Liz. Enjoy them.
They think they are going to subpoena Trump? I can understand that anybody employed by the government could be held accountable for, I don’t know insubordination, for not answering congress’ questions. But since when did the fifth amendment go out the window, because Congress is conducting a partisan witchhunt?
She, like so many others in both parties, are also vindictive because Donald Trump had the temerity to finally show the American people how unbelievably corrupt their bloated, antiquated government is.
The election was obviously stolen. I knew that long before President Trump said a word about it.
As obvious as a silver dollar on a hog’s azz! sLiz.
Liz makes me sick. I can’t stand her. Why doesn’t the Republican leadership shut her up?
There was a time long ago that if you said we would see the criminalization of political speech and thought-in America!-even stormhill would have answered you were beside yourself.
If Trump, like Clark, failed to appear before the committee following a subpoena, a contempt report would detail all the exchanges between him and his attorneys and committee staff. If he appeared, he could face charges if he lied to congressional investigators. It’s the same charge his confidant Roger Stone, now also subpoenaed by the committee, faced before being pardoned by Trump.
Oh so you are going to round up Trump all the while thinking that Bidens 81 million votes will protect you? Good luck Lez. No one supports you, the commitee or the democraps hat run it. You’re biggest problem will be the treason charge when Trump comes back.
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