Liz Cheney, Accused of Destroying 117 January 6 Files, Says She Should Not Go to Jail

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Liz Cheney, Accused of Destroying 117 January 6 Files, Says She Should Not Go to Jail

Wendell Husebo 9 Dec 2024

Liz Cheney, a former member of the partisan January 6 Committee, said Monday that she should not go to jail for allegedly destroying 117 of the panel’s files.

President-elect Donald Trump accused members of the partisan panel on Sunday of destroying committee evidence that he said exonerated him from allegations of wrongdoing.

The accusation came after Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), who led the House Administration Committee’s oversight investigation, said in January his computer forensic investigators discovered that 117 files went missing, presumably deleted or encrypted by the panel’s members.

“It’s obvious that [the J6 committee] went to great lengths to prevent Americans from seeing certain documents produced in their investigation,” Loudermilk told Fox News. “It also appears that Bennie Thompson and Liz Cheney intended to obstruct our Subcommittee by failing to preserve critical information and videos as required by House rules.”

https://twitter.com/WendellHusebo/status/1866148196042314209

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https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/12/09/liz-cheney-accused-destroying-117-january-6-files-says-she-should-not-go-jail/

[DefiantMassRINO]

... will Joe Biden issue a pardon for Liz Cheney?

[DCPatriot]

... will Joe Biden issue a pardon for Liz Cheney?

Well then...."PAGING LUIGI MANGIONE!!"

[Cyber Liberty]

... will Joe Biden issue a pardon for Liz Cheney?

I'll bet he leaves this one to twist in the wind.

[corbe]

   Trump has missed the chance to prosecute the President's Son, so he is going after the X VP's daughter. 
   So be it.   

[libertybele]

With her father's $$ and political connections I don't think Liz has anything to worry about though she should stand trial for her interference and bogus accusations.  She deserves to be in the hot seat for awhile.

[Sighlass]

She doesn't even deny it, just trudges ahead like she is above everyone else (not to mention her Democrat fellow congressman from Mississippi)... He shouldn't get a pass either.

[Hoodat]

House GOP accuses Liz Cheney of tampering with J6 witness, ask FBI to investigate criminality[

Interim report by Rep. Barry Loudermilk concludes Jan. 6 attack was “preventable,” highlights intelligence and security failures, Cheney's possible shenanigans.

John Solomon and Steven Richards  |  December 17, 2024  |  9:04am

The House Administration Oversight Subcommittee and its chairman Barry Loudermilk on Tuesday released an interim report on the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, concluding the attack was preventable and also asking for an investigation into former Rep. Liz Cheney for criminally tampering with a witness during the Democrat-led congressional inquiry of the tragedy.

“Based on the evidence obtained by this Subcommittee, numerous federal laws were likely broken by Liz Cheney, the former Vice Chair of the January 6 Select Committee, and these violations should be investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation,” the report released by the House Administration Oversight Subcommittee and its chairman Barry Loudermilk stated.

"Evidence uncovered by the Subcommittee revealed that former Congresswoman Liz Cheney tampered with at least one witness, Cassidy Hutchinson, by secretly communicating with Hutchinson without Hutchinson’s attorney’s knowledge.," it added. “This secret communication with a witness is improper and likely violates 18 U.S.C. 1512. Such action is outside the due functioning of the legislative process and therefore not protected by the Speech and Debate clause."

Federal law criminalizes witness tampering of varying degrees, and subjects a defendant to as many as 20 years in prison.

You can read the full report here.

File  Final_Report_Compiled_Working_Doc__final_locked_version_.pdf

The report also took direct aim at former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson, Cheney’s star witness at the nationally televised hearings, alleging that Cheney encouraged false testimony about a handwritten document and noting her sensational claim  .  .  .

https://justthenews.com/government/congress/hld-house-gop-accuses-liz-cheney-tampering-j6-witness-ask-fbi-criminally


Finally!  Now we know why Cheney, Bennie Johnson, and Jack Smith are seeking pardons from Biden.

[Right_in_Virginia]

https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1869058045210149315

[Right_in_Virginia]

https://twitter.com/RealPatrickWebb/status/1869053983932989541

[Hoodat]

[Hoodat]

[Right_in_Virginia]

Could this explain all the talk of a blanket pardon for the Lizard    

[Hoodat]

From the House report, Cheney talked Hutchinson into firing her lawyer.  Cheney hired new lawyers for her, pro bono (i.e. Cheney or someone else paid their legal fees).  Then Cheney had Hutchinson file false charges against her previous lawyer and tried to have him disbarred.

From the report:

Days after Cheney began communicating directly with Hutchinson, Hutchinson fired Passantino and hired Cheney’s recommended attorneys, who agreed to represent Hutchinson pro bono. Within a few weeks, Cheney brought Hutchinson in for a secretive fourth transcribed interview. During this fourth transcribed interview, only Cheney and one other Committee counsel were present, in addition to Hutchinson’s new counsel. During this fourth transcribed interview Hutchinson testified to some of her most outlandish new claims. 

The Subcommittee was only able to obtain a limited number of text messages from Hutchinson and Farah Griffin, but Cheney’s influence on Hutchinson is apparent from that point forward by her dramatic change in testimony and eventual claims against President Trump using second- and third-hand accounts. Specifically, Hutchinson claimed that Anthony Ornato told Hutchinson that Trump lunged toward the driver of his car after he was denied his request to go to the Capitol. This story has never been corroborated and was directly refuted by both USSS agents in the vehicle with Trump that day.

In her book, Cheney wrote that it would compromise the Select Committee’s investigation to be seen advising witnesses and suggesting new legal representation. However, Cheney failed to acknowledge in her own book that she herself provided Hutchinson with new attorneys who would represent Hutchinson pro bono.

However, Hutchinson told a conflicting account of Cheney’s role in her legal representation. In Hutchinson’s book, she wrote that Cheney herself advised Hutchinson to change attorneys and even provided a list of recommendations.

It is apparent that Cheney knowingly communicated with Hutchinson—without Hutchinson’s attorney’s knowledge—and by doing so finally revealed the flawed process and alleged findings of the Select Committee.?Cheney had an ethical responsibility to only communicate with Hutchinson with her attorney present. However, Hutchinson’s sensational testimony was essential to the Select Committee’s inquisition of President Trump. Thus, Cheney apparently defied her ethical responsibilities and communicated directly with Hutchinson behind Passantino’s back, encouraged her to fire Passantino, and even assisted Hutchinson in obtaining new representation. 
 
Cheney and Hutchinson Attempted to Disbar Passantino
After Hutchinson switched attorneys at Cheney’s direction, the Select Committee needed to ensure Hutchinson’s credibility as a witness and explain away her changed testimony. To do this, the Select Committee needed to create a new narrative that would make Passantino the scapegoat. They manufactured the story that Passantino gave Hutchinson faulty advice — such as instructing Hutchinson to withhold information, to misrepresent her testimony, and even that Passantino implied he would help Hutchinson with employment in return for favorable testimony. Contrary to the Select Committee’s and Hutchinson’s narrative, however, the Subcommittee obtained messages between Farah Griffin and Hutchinson where Hutchinson admits that Passantino was acting in her best interest and that she agreed with his counsel.

https://cha.house.gov/2024/10/new-texts-reveal-liz-cheney-communicated-with-cassidy-hutchinson-about-her-select-committee-testimony-without-hutchinson-s-attorney-s-knowledge-despite-cheney-knowing-it-was-unethical

[libertybele]

Could this explain all the talk of a blanket pardon for the Lizard   

I hope Liz is squirming right now and if Brandon pardons her that would obviously be an admission of guilt.   

Liz's response:

https://bsky.app/profile/lizcheney.bsky.social

[Bigun]

BREAKING!!! Fox to investigate chicken disappearances!

[catfish1957]

From my remembrances of the Watergate era, doesn't witness tampering at the Federal (congressional) level have extra felony prosecutorial clout?  Love to see this bitch in orange.

[Wingnut]

BREAKING!!! Fox to investigate chicken disappearances!

Lez is madder than a wet hen.

[IsailedawayfromFR]

  Love to see this bitch in orange.

And undergo some of her dad's waterboarding too.

[240B]

Liz Cheney accused of breaking 'numerous federal laws' as GOP calls for FBI probe

Daily Mail
By JON MICHAEL RAASCH
17 December 2024

Liz Cheney likely broke 'numerous federal laws' and should be investigated by the FBI for witness tampering, a Republican-led report published Tuesday found.

House Administration Subcommittee on Oversight Chairman, Rep. Barry Loudermilk, R-Ga., was tasked with investigating the now-disbanded January 6 Select Committee led by Cheney and others when Democrats and former Speaker Nancy Pelosi controlled the House from 2019 - 2023.

'Speaker Pelosi's multimillion-dollar Select Committee was a political weapon with a singular focus to deceive the public into blaming President Trump for the violence on January 6 and to tarnish the legacy of his first Presidency,' the report, authored by MAGA allies, found.

The J6 committee was established in July 2021 to investigate the Capitol riot earlier that year ahead of Congress' attempt to certify the 2020 election results.

The body ran for 18 months before concluding at the end of 2022 ahead of the incoming Republican majority.

In presenting its conclusions, the J6 panel, including former Republican representatives Cheney and Adam Kinzinger, suggested that the Justice Department file charges against Donald Trump for his role in events on January 6.

But Loudermilk - a MAGA ally - is now saying that the process was likely rigged, and that Cheney needs to be investigated. 

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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14203861/liz-cheney-witness-tampering-gop-fbi-probe.html