Vice Chair U.S. Representative Liz Cheney (R-WY) speaks throughout a public hearing of the U.S. House Select Committee to examine the January 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol, on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 12, 2022.
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The House choose committee examining the attack on the Capitol onJan 6 exposed that it informed the Department of Justice that previous President Donald Trump got in touch with among its witnesses who hasn’t openly affirmed yet.
“After our last hearing. President Trump tried to call a witness in our investigation. A witness you have not yet seen in these hearings,”Rep Liz Cheney, the vice chair of the committee, stated on Tuesday.
“That person declined to answer or respond to President Trump’s call and instead alerted their lawyer to the call. Their lawyer alerted us. And this committee has supplied that information to the Department of Justice,” she included.
A representative for Trump did not react to ask for remark.
The Tuesday hearing marked the most recent round of statement that illustrates Trump as a president figured out to hang onto power after the conclusion of the 2020 governmental election– no matter the expense to American democracy.
The committee showcased fresh statement from numerous crucial witnesses, consisting of previous White House counsel Pat Cipollone, who informed the panel’s detectives that they thought the election wasn’t taken and it was time for the president to yield.
Trump has actually continued to make incorrect claims about the 2020 election 2 years after he lost to President JoeBiden Trump has yet to eliminate another run for president in 2024.
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