Former Congresswoman Liz Cheney colluded with at least one witness during the Jan. 6 Select Committee investigation that she oversaw before she was removed by Wyoming voters from office in 2022.
Cheney should be investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for possible criminal activity, the Committee on House Administration Subcommittee on Oversight report concludes.
“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 subcommittee report says. “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. 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.”
The report, at this link, calls for the FBI to investigate, as federal law prohibits any person from procuring another person to commit perjury.
“Based on the evidence obtained by this Subcommittee, Hutchinson committed perjury when she lied under oath to the Select Committee. Additionally, Hutchinson was interviewed by the FBI as part of its investigation into President Trump. This Subcommittee sought a copy of the FBI report 302, documenting this interview and Hutchinson’s statements, but the FBI has refused to produce this vital document. The FBI must immediately review the testimony given by Hutchinson in this interview to determine if she also lied in her FBI interview, and, if so, the role former Representative Cheney played in instigating Hutchinson to radically change her testimony,” the report says.
All of this may be moot, as President Joe Biden is providing cover for thousands of criminals and may pardon Cheney before he leaves office. Sen. Bernie Sanders has called for preemptive pardons for Jan. 6 committee members and reports have confirmed that Biden is considering pardons.
An investigation by the FBI may be fraught, since the agency has recently admitted that it had one two dozen agency assets on the ground and in the crowd when the Jan. 6, 2021 protest got out of control and some protesters entered the Capitol, while others become violent outside, fighting with Capitol Police.
