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Tuesday, June 23, 2026

Cheney says House January 6 panel "will not be deterred" despite dangers from Trump claims - CBS News

Representative Liz Cheney said Sunday on "Face the Nation" that she expects former President Trump to "make the same false claims about the election that he knows to be false and the same false claims about the election that he knows caused violence on January 6" at his event on the one-year anniversary of the attack on the U.S. Capitol.

"But again, he knows these claims caused violence and we've seen now people who were in the Capitol, people who've been arrested because of their activities on that day, they themselves have told us in court filings, they've told us on social media, we've seen it on videos; that they were here because Donald Trump told them to be here," Cheney said. "And so, he's doing this press conference on the 6th. Again, if he makes those same claims, he's doing it with complete understanding and knowledge of what those claims have caused in the past."

Cheney said Americans need to "understand the danger of President Trump and the danger that he posed on that day."

"He could have simply walked a few feet to the White House briefing room, he could have gone immediately on live television and asked his supporters to stop what was happening, ask them to go home," Cheney said. "He failed to do that. He instead, we know, had the motivation, at the same time, the violent assault was happening, he's watching television, he's also calling at least one senator urging delay of the electoral vote. So, this is a man who has demonstrated that he is at war with the...



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