Trump called for Liz Cheney to be prosecuted, but the former vice chair of the 1/6 Committee exposed his lie.
The former president called for Cheney to be criminally prosecuted on Truth Social: “SHE SHOULD BE PROSECUTED FOR WHAT SHE DID TO OUR COUNTRY! HE ILLEGALLY DESTROYED THE EVIDENCE. UNREAL!!!”
Cheney responded: “Lying in all capital letters doesn’t mean it’s true, Donald. You know that you and your lawyers have long had the evidence.”
Trump made the false claim that 1/6 of the evidence was destroyed as part of his numerous claims that a vast conspiracy somehow framed him.
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It is known that the 1/6 Committee carefully preserved and turned over all its evidence to the Department of Justice once the investigation concluded: “The 1/6 Committee carefully preserved all its evidence and turned it over to the Department of Justice when the investigation concluded The commission also made the evidence available to their Senate Democratic counterparts.”
Trump and his lawyers had access to all the evidence collected by the 1/6 Committee. Donald Trump is inventing a conspiracy to prevent his supporters from learning about the vast mountain of evidence that points to his possible guilt in 1/6 of related criminal activities.
The real reason Donald Trump wants Liz Cheney prosecuted is that she helped lead an investigation into him. The only thing Cheney did wrong in Trump’s mind was try to hold him accountable.
The former president wants to discredit the 1/6 Committee which persecutes them. It’s all part of the revenge fantasy masquerading as a presidential campaign that the Republican Party has enabled in 2024.
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