President-elect Trump’s fixation on former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) is escalating as he suggests she should be prosecuted for her work on the now-disbanded House Jan. 6 committee.
In the wake of a report by a House subcommittee that alleges Cheney improperly communicated with star witness Cassidy Hutchinson, Trump accused Cheney of committing crimes as she led the panel.
“Liz Cheney has been exposed in the Interim Report, by Congress, of the J6 Unselect Committee as having done egregious and unthinkable acts of crime,” Trump wrote on his social media site, adding that her support “helped the Democrats lose the Election.”
“She is so unpopular and disgusting, a real loser!”
It would likely be difficult for a Trump Justice Department to successfully prosecute Cheney.
Hutchinson first reached out to Cheney, and any work the former member of House GOP leadership did would likely be covered by the Constitution’s Speech or Debate Clause.
But the report is nonetheless something of a road map for a possible investigation into a top Trump critic and someone the president-elect has repeatedly said should face consequences.