Liz Cheney broke the news that Trump tried to call a Jan. 6 witness. New details make the story look even more serious. (via MaddowBlog)
in the Jan. 6 investigation, but those concerns became even more serious this week, toward the end of the latest Jan. 6 committee hearing.
The Wyoming congresswoman added, “Their lawyer alerted us, and this committee has supplied that information to the Department of Justice. Let me say one more time, we will take any effort to influence witness testimony very seriously.” To be sure, the bigger picture is still missing pieces. We don’t yet know, for example, the staffer’s name or title., the White House support staffer in question “was not someone who routinely communicated with the former president.”
Rep. Bennie Thompson, the Democratic chair of the panel, said it was “highly unusual” for Trump to make the call.added that the support staffer — who has spoken to congressional investigators — was"in a position to corroborate part of what [former Trump White House aide Cassidy] Hutchinson had said under oath.”
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