Rep. Liz Cheney did not rule out the possibility of the Jan. 6 committee taking live testimony from former President Trump.
Asked if the committee is open to live testimony in an interview on NBC News'"Meet the Press," Cheney, its vice chair, said,"He’s not going to turn this into a circus."
The panel, Cheney continued, will not allow the former president to turn his testimony into"his first debate against Joe Biden and the circus and the food fight that that became." Cheney's office later clarified her remarks, making clear that she was not ruling out the possibility of Trump's live testimony.Cheney also said during the interview that she thinks Trump has committed “multiple criminal offenses,” citing evidence and testimony that the panel has aired in recent public hearings, and warned that the committee has “many, many alternatives” to consider if he attempts to defy the subpoena.
“As demonstrated in our hearings, we have assembled overwhelming evidence, including from dozens of your former appointees and staff, that you personally orchestrated and oversaw a multi-part effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election and to obstruct the peaceful transition of power,” the committee’s leaders told Trump in a letter accompanying theThe subpoena requests Trump to testify either at the Capitol or by videoconference at 10 a.m. ET on Nov. 14 — after the midterm elections.
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