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Liz Cheney

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Liz Cheney is an American attorney and politician who served as the U.S. Representative for Wyoming's at-large congressional district from 2017 to 2023. A member of the Republican Party, she is the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney. During her time in Congress, Cheney was known for her strong stance on national security and her opposition to former President Donald Trump, particularly following the events of January 6, 2021, which led to her being removed from her leadership position within the House Republican Conference.

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Jun 15, 2022

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

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Jun 15, 2022

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.

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Jun 15, 2022

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

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Jun 14, 2022

This is the president`s daughter, commenting on Bill Barr`s statement that the Department found no fraud sufficient to overturn the election.

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Jun 14, 2022

Hundreds of our countrymen have faced criminal charges. Many are serving criminal sentences because they believed what Donald Trump said about the election and they acted on it. They came to Washington DC at his request. They marched on…

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Jun 14, 2022

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…

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Jun 14, 2022

As a federal judge has indicated, this likely violated to federal criminal statutes. President Trump had no factual basis for what he was doing. And he had been told it was illegal.

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Jun 14, 2022

In our next hearing on Thursday, the select committee will examine President Trump`s relentless effort on January 6th, and in the days beforehand, to pressure Vice President Pence to refuse to count lawful electoral votes.

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Jun 14, 2022

Representative Scott Perry, who was also involved in trying to get Clark appointed as attorney general, has refused to testify here. As you will see, Representative Perry contacted the White House in the weeks after January 6 to seek a…

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Jun 14, 2022

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.

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Jun 13, 2022

In our next hearing on Thursday, the select committee will examine President Trump`s relentless effort on January 6 and in the days beforehand to pressure Vice President Pence to refuse to count lawful electoral votes. As a federal judge…

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Jun 13, 2022

President Trump rejected the advice of his campaign experts on election night and instead followed the course recommended by an apparently inebriated Rudy Giuliani to just claim he won and insist that the vote counting stop, to falsely…

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Jun 13, 2022

The committee has not issued a conclusion regarding potential criminal referrals.

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Jun 12, 2022

Last week, as the Chairman noted, our Committee began outlining a 7-part plan--overseen by President Trump--to overturn the 2020 election.

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Jun 12, 2022

The Honorable Liz Cheney, a Representative in Congress From the State of Wyoming, and Vice Chair, Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol.

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Jun 12, 2022

the only two House Republicans who agreed to join this Select Committee.

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Jun 12, 2022

A Federal court has already reviewed elements of the Committee's evidence on this point, and said this: 'In the months following the election, numerous credible sources...informed President Trump and Dr. Eastman that there was no evidence…

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Jun 12, 2022

denounced this committee for supposedly persecuting 'ordinary citizens engaged in legitimate political discourse.'

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Jun 12, 2022

But he betrayed the trust of the American people. He ignored the will of the voters.

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Jun 11, 2022

President Trump summoned the mob, assembled the mob and lit the flame of this attack.

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Jun 11, 2022

There will come a day when Donald Trump is gone, but your dishonor will remain.

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Jun 10, 2022

President Trump believed his supporters at the Capitol, and I 'we're doing what they should be doing.'

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Jun 10, 2022

What President Trump demanded, that Mike Pence do just wrong, it was illegal, and it was unconstitutional.

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Jun 10, 2022

Sean Hannity wrote in part key now. No more crazy people. No more stolen election talk. Yes, impeachment and 25th Amendment are real. Many people will quit.

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Jun 10, 2022

Aware of the rioters' chance to hang Mike Pence, the president responded with this sentiment. Well, maybe our supporters have the right idea. Mike Pence 'deserves it.'

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