Witness declined phone call, Liz Cheney says, and panel ‘will take any efforts to influence witness testimony very seriously’
That’s it from us today. Here’s how the seventh public hearing held by the January 6 committee unfolded:in the investigation after the committee’s last hearing.
According to Cheney, the Republican vice-chair of the committee, the unnamed witness did not pick up Trump’s call. Instead, they contacted their lawyer, who in turn informed the committee about the call. The committee passed the information along to the justice department. “Let me say one more time: we will take any efforts to influence witness testimony very seriously,” Cheney said.Cipollone, Trump’s former White House counsel, met with the committee for more than eight hours on Friday.
The committee showed how Trump’s 19 December tweet led far-right groups to zero in on 6 January to protest the election.
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