Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.) is requesting a federal investigation into former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) for alleged witness tampering and perjury encouragement related to her work on the House Jan. 6 committee. The report by Loudermilk's subcommittee accuses Cheney of improperly influencing Cassidy Hutchinson's testimony after she spoke to the former White House aide.
WASHINGTON — The lawmaker leading Republicans’ counter-investigation into the House Jan. 6 committee said former Rep. Liz Cheney should face a criminal investigation over her committee work., Rep. Barry Loudermilk , chairman of the House Administration Subcommittee on Oversight, said Cheney may have illegally tampered with a witness and encouraged that witness to commit perjury.
The wrongdoing accusation outlined in Tuesday’s report centers on Cheney’s interaction with former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson, who alleged in public testimony before the Jan. 6 committee that she was told Trump so wanted to accompany his supporters at the U.S. Capitol that heLoudermilk’s report claims Cheney improperly interfered with Hutchinson’s relationship with her attorney, Stefan Passantino, causing her to alter her testimony after having spoken to the committee twice.
As Hutchinson said in a transcribed interview with the committee, however, her Trump-aligned attorney had discouraged her from offering candid testimony while promising lucrative jobs.Hutchinson testified to the Jan. 6 committee that she believed Passantino’s advice would lead her to commit a crime by making false statements to the committee, and that her breaking point came when she said Passantino told her to stop cooperating with the committee altogether. Loudermilk’s report said the Jan.
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