Liz Cheney

The American people, in our hearings, have heard from Bill Barr, Jeff Rosen, Richard Donoghue, and many others, who stood up, and did what is right. And they will hear more of that testimony soon.

The same people, who were attempting to pressure Vice President, Mike Pence, to reject electoral votes, illegally, were also simultaneously working, to reverse the outcome, of the 2020 election, at the state level.

Liz Cheney said, our -- something to the effect of, our institutions are only as strong as the individuals who defend them.

The justification which we will learn more about in our next year was that a group of Trump supporters in Arizona and other swing states decided to proclaim themselves the true electors for the state, creating two sets of electors, the…

We also have been reminded what it means to take an oath under God to the Constitution, and what it means to defend the Constitution.

We have been reminded that we are a Nation of laws. We have been reminded by you and by Speaker Bowers and Secretary of State Raffensperger and Mr. Sterling that our institutions don't defend themselves; individuals do that.

We cannot let America become a Nation of conspiracy theories and thug violence.

This is the backbone of democracy. And all of you who have not said a damn word are complicit in this.

Donald Trump did not care about the threats of violence. He did not condemn them.

Today we will begin examining President Trump's effort to overturn the election by exerting pressure on State officials and State legislatures.

Corruptly pressured state legislators and election officials to change election results.

President Trump summoned a violent mob and directed them illegally to march on the United States Capitol.

The massive effort to spread false and fraudulent information.

Aware of the rioters' chants to hang Mike Pence, the president responded, Mike Pence quote, deserves it.

We need to make some sort of recommendation and encourage DOJ to act.

This is illegal, it's unconstitutional.

Today, we`re focusing on President Trump`s relentless effort to pressure Mike Pence, to refuse to count electoral votes on January 6th.

In the days before January 6th, President Trump told his top Justice Department officials 'just say the election was corrupt and leave the rest to me and the Republican congressman'.

Aware of the rioters' chants to hang Mike Pence, the president responded, Mike Pence quote, deserves it.

President Trump summoned a violent mob and directed them illegally to march on the United States Capitol.

He did his duty. That’s what Liz Cheney said today about Mike Pence, at the beginning of the January 6 committee hearing. He stayed true to his oath.

President Trump had no factual basis for what he was doing. And he had been told it was illegal. Despite this, President Trump plotted with a lawyer named John Eastman and others to overturn the outcome of the election on January 6th.

We have seen so far in our hearings that President Trump knew that his claims of a stolen election were false.

What the President wanted the Vice President to do was not just wrong; it was illegal and un-Constitutional.

The House Select Committee says that tomorrow's installment of their January 6th hearings will focus on what Committee Vice Chair Liz Cheney called the former President's relentless effort to pressure former Vice President Pence seen here…