Donald Trump tried to contact a witness who was talking to the Jan. 6 House committee about its investigation of the former president and the 2021 attack at the Capitol, raising concerns of attempts to tamper with a witness, Rep. Liz Cheney said Tuesday.
The disclosure by Cheney was not the first time the panel has raised concerns about witnesses being contacted by Trump's team in ways that could reflect or at least create the appearance of inappropriate influence. It divulged examples last week of other times witnesses have received outreach from Trump allies, some suggesting he was aware they were talking to the committee, ahead of testimony before the panel.
House select committee vice chair Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, disclosed Tuesday that committee members will be deciding how to move forward after reports of Trump allies attempting to sway witness testimony about the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.Cheney read two examples of possible attempts to influence witnesses.
One instance was a phone call that a Jan. 6 witness described. Cheney read: “What they said to me is as long as I continue to be a team player, they know that I’m on the team, I’m doing the right thing, I’m protecting who I need to protect, you know, I’ll continue to stay in good graces in Trump World.
"And they have reminded me a couple of times that Trump does read transcripts and just to keep that in mind as I proceeded through my depositions and interviews with the committee,” the witness said. Cheney said the committee routinely asks its witnesses if they have been contacted by former Trump administration or campaign officials “who attempted to influence or impact their testimony.”
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