Rep. Liz Cheney’s remarks come days before the committee begins prime-time, televised hearings throughout June that will feature live witnesses, taped interviews with key figures — including Trump family members — and previously unseen video footage.
“We are, in fact, in a situation where he continues to use even more extreme language, frankly, than the language that caused the attack,” she added. “And so, people must pay attention. People must watch, and they must understand how easily our democratic system can unravel if we don’t defend it.”throughout June that will feature live witnesses, taped interviews with key figures — including Trump family members — and previously unseen video footage.
Cheney said she felt certain that the evidence laid out in the hearings would compel Americans to pay attention, even as she suggested that many of her fellow Republicans have “pledged their allegiance” to Trump over the country. “I think there is absolutely a cult of personality around Donald Trump,” Cheney told Costa. “And I think that, you know, the majority of Republicans across the country don’t want to see our system unravel. They understand how important it is to protect and defend the Constitution.”
Rep. Liz Cheney, vice-chair of the House select committee investigating the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, says in an interview with
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