GOP Report: Cheney Should Be Investigated By FBI

Accusations of collusions by former Wyoming Liz Cheney with witnesses in the Jan. 6 Select Committee were rampant among Republicans both during and after the hearings.

Now some GOP lawmakers want to look into it officially.

The House GOP released a report on Tuesday saying that the FBI should investigate Cheney for possible criminal activity for her role in the first committee.

The Committee on House Administration's Subcommittee on Oversight Chairman Barry Loudermilk, R-Ga., released the report.

From the report:

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.

 

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 Federal Bureau of Investigation must also investigate Representative Cheney for violating 18 U.S.C. 1622, which 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.

Cheney has yet to respond publicly.

President-elect Trump recently suggested some committee members should face jail time.

The report raised concerns about how the Jan. 6 investigation was carried out, how witnesses may have been pressured or influenced, and how records, files, and evidence were handled.

“Over the past twenty-four months of this investigation, my subcommittee staff have faced incredible obstacles in pursuit of the truth; missing and deleted documents, hidden evidence, unaccounted for video footage, and uncooperative bureaucrats,” the report said.