House report recommends Liz Cheney be criminally investigated for tampering with witnesses on Jan. 6 Committee

The House Administration Oversight Subcommittee released a report recommending that the FBI investigate former GOP Rep. Liz Cheney for alleged witness tampering on the committee that investigated what happened on Jan. 6 on Capitol Hill. The document, which comes to expose the "failures" and "politicization" of the task force accuses Cheney of collusion with Cassidy Hutchinson, a former aide to Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, and who testified before the committee.

"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."

Cheney accused of 'procuring' perjury

In addition, the document, led by subcommittee Chairman Barry Loudermilk, states that the FBI "should also investigate Rep. Cheney for violating 18 U.S.C. 1622, which prohibits any person procuring another to commit perjury. According to evidence obtained by this Subcommittee, Hutchinson committed perjury when she lied under oath before the Select Committee."

The FBI is also the subject of the report's criticism, as it refused to provide the House with key documentation for the investigation: "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."

Lies denied before the House of Representatives

In the 128-page document, the representatives also point out the witness's inconsistencies and lies in front of lawmakers, and retrieve data from an October report that revealed that "in the months prior to Hutchinson’s explosive private and public testimony, Cheney communicated with Hutchinson, both directly and through an intermediary—Alyssa Farah Griffin—while Hutchinson was represented by her attorney, Stefan Passantino. The Select Committee conducted six transcribed interviews of Hutchinson in total. Passantino represented Hutchinson for the first three interviews."

In her statements, the former Meadows aide claimed that when then-President Donald Trump was leaving the "Stop the Robbery" rally he "lunged" at the steering wheel of the vehicle taking him back to the White House to try to steer the car instead toward the Capitol.

This testimony was radically contradicted in March 2024 by the Secret Service agent who was driving the car, in which Hutchinson was not a passenger. The agent said, "I didn't see him reach for it. He never grabbed the steering wheel. I didn't see him, you know, lunge to try to get in the front seat at all. You know, what stood out was the irritation in his voice, rather than his physical presence." The agent acknowledged that the Republican "pushed pretty hard to go" to the Capitol, but never "lunged" at the steering wheel.

Loudermilk laments 'incredible obstacles in the search for the truth' 

In the report's introductory text, Loudermilk lamented that "during the last twenty-four months of this investigation, my subcommittee staff has faced incredible obstacles in the search for the truth; missing and deleted documents, hidden evidence, unaccounted for video footage, and uncooperative bureaucrats."