As Republican Party pariah Liz Cheney made clear Tuesday in her opening remarks at the House’s investigation into the attack on the Capitol, lawmakers must get to the bottom of the events surrounding the insurrection or it will “remain a cancer on our Constitutional republic, undermining the peaceful transfer of power at the heart of our democratic system.“ Specifically, Cheney insisted that the House select committee must not only determine “what happened here at the Capitol” but what Donald Trump was up to as well, saying, “We must also know what happened every minute of that day in the White House—every phone call, every conversation, every meeting leading up to, during, and after the attack.”
Now, if Trump was (trigger warning here) still in power, his administration would no doubt refuse to allow anyone who had any contact with him on January 6 to testify before the committee, asserting executive privilege. But luckily for Congress, the country, and the humanity, Trump isn’t in power anymore.
Per The Guardian:
Who might Thompson’s committee want to talk to and what kind of questions might they ask? In addition to Rosen, The Washington Post suggested several people of interest on Tuesday:
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