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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.
Mr. Clark last night indicated that he intends to invoke the Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination, apparently because he believes testimony about his interactions with President Trump would tend to incriminate him and thus…
We anticipate next year, we will be conducting multiple weeks of public hearings, setting up for the American people in vivid color exactly what happened.
This committee's investigation into the violent assault on our Capitol on January 6th is not a game.
President Trump continues to make the same false claims about a stolen election with which he has mislead millions of Americans. These are the same claims he knows provoked violence in the past.
Former President Donald Trump`s false claims about elections have misled millions
Mr. Clark last night indicated that he intends to invoke the fifth amendment privilege against self-incrimination apparently because he believes testimony about his interactions with President Trump would tend to incriminate him, and thus…
We anticipate next year we will be conducting multiple weeks of public hearings, setting out for the American people in vivid color exactly what happened every minute of the day on January 6 here at the Capitol and at the White House and…
Mr. Clark is not excused from testifying simply because President Trump is trying to hide behind inapplicable claims of executive privilege.
If Mr. Clark believes that answering questions about his discussions with President Trump and others in November and December of 2020 and January of 2021 could incriminate him, and he therefore wishes to invoke privilege on that basis the…
We will not finalize this contempt process if Mr. Clark genuinely cures his failure to comply with the subpoena this Saturday.
Mr. Chairman, pursuant to clause 2(l) of rule XI, I request that Members have 2 calendar days in which to file with the clerk of the Committee supplemental or additional views on the measure ordered reported by the Committee tonight.
None at all. You know, it`s the same kind of thing that you hear from people who say that 911 was an inside job for example. It is -- it`s un-American to be spreading those kinds of lies, and they are lies.
Trump broke Ted Cruz. Ted used to say he was a constitutional conservative. But now, he is like, so desperate for political approval that he will even advocate, suggest secession. And I think that a real man would be defending his wife…
Steve Bannon's indictment should send a clear message to anyone who thinks they can ignore the select committee or try to Stonewall our investigation: no one is above the law. We will not hesitate to use our tools at our disposal to get…
At this moment, when it matters most, we are also confronting a domestic threat that we’ve never faced before. A former president who’s attempting to unravel the foundations of our constitutional republic, aided by political leaders who…
We are also confronting a domestic threat that we have never faced before. A former president who is attempting to unravel the foundations of our constitutional republic, aided by political leaders who have made themselves willing hostages…
I love my party. I love its history. I love its principles. but I love my country more. We need a Republican Party that is led by people who remember that the peaceful transfer of power is sacred and it undergirds the very foundations of…
We are also confronting a domestic threat that we've never faced before, a former President who is attempting to unravel the foundations of our Constitutional Republic, aided by political leaders who have made themselves willing hostages…
Between when they started and today, the investigation has included more than 150 interviews, 150 interviews in 101 days.
Called fox out for 'giving Tucker Carlson a platform to spread the same type of lies that provoked violence on January 6 as Fox knows the election wasn’t stolen and January 6 was not a false flag operation.'
Mr. Bannon, his own public statements make clear he knew what was going to happen before it did. And thus, he must have been aware of and may well have been involved in the planning of everything that played out.
There are people in this chamber right now who were evacuated with me and the rest of us on that day during that attack people who know seem to have forgotten the danger of the moment, the assault on the constitution, the assault on our…
The people who attacked this building have told us on video, on social media, and now, before the federal courts, exactly what motivated them. They believed what Donald Trump told them, that the election was stolen and that they needed to…
I`ve heard from a number of my colleagues in the last several days who say they 'just don`t want this target on their back. They`re just trying to keep their heads down. They don`t want to anger Kevin McCarthy.' I asked each one of you to…
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