“The Justice Department doesn’t have to wait for the committee to make a criminal referral, and there can be more than one criminal referral,” Cheney said. The committee investigating the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol has been split on the issue of criminal charges, even though members widely agree that Trump committed a crime when he promoted conspiracies about the 2020 election. Cheney said that the committee is likely to take a position on whether Trump should be prosecuted. “We may well as a committee have an opinion on that,” he said. “If you just think about it from his perspective: What man knows that a mob is armed and sends the mob to attack the Capitol and further incites that mob when his vice president is threatened?” “It’s very chilling, and I think we’ll certainly continue to present to the American people what we found,” he continued. Cheney’s remarks come days after explosive testimony from former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson, who recalled being told of Trump’s fury when he was told by his Secret Service that he could not accompany protesters to the Capitol on Jan. 6. Hutchinson’s sworn testimony has since been disputed by some Trump allies, not speaking under oath. However, two Secret Service sources told CNN that stories about the incident had been released — including details similar to how Hutchinson described it to the committee on Jan. 6. The Secret Service has said that the agents involved in the described incident, some of whom had already been interviewed by the committee, will again be made available to testify under oath. “The committee is not going to stand by and watch her character be assassinated by anonymous sources and men claiming executive privilege,” Cheney said. “We look forward to additional sworn testimony on a number of issues.” Cheney said the committee had evidence that confirmed Trump’s anger at being told he could not go to Capitol Hill on Jan. 6. “The committee has significant evidence on a whole range of issues, including the President’s intense anger,” he said. “You will continue to see in the coming days and weeks additional details about the President’s activities and behavior that day.” Cheney, who has faced significant backlash from Republicans over her allegations about Trump and her role leading the investigation into the Jan. 6 riot, insisted the proceedings are not intended to politically disqualify Trump from re-election. candidate for president. Instead, she said they were meant to make sure the American people got an accounting of what happened that day, even though she admitted there wasn’t a single “thing” she learned that made her any less worried about Trump’s return to the White House. House. “A man as dangerous as Donald Trump can never be anywhere near the Oval Office again,” he said. CNN previously reported that Trump is agonizing over exactly when to announce a 2024 presidential bid — a decision made all the more pressing as he tries to regain control of his image after the spate of damaging revelations from the 6th panel January . Cheney, who is facing an uphill battle for re-election in Wyoming, said the Republican Party will not survive if Trump is chosen as the GOP presidential nominee in 2024. While she declined to rule out a presidential run of her own, she said her focus was elsewhere for now. “I haven’t made a decision on that yet and obviously I’m very focused on my re-election, I’m very focused on the January 6 committee, I’m very focused on my obligations to do the job that I have now. ” he said. “And I’ll make a decision about ’24 down the road.”
