Ms. Cheney vowed to use her post on the House committee investigating Jan. 6 to continue prosecuting the public case against former President Donald J. Trump.
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Representative Liz Cheney converted her campaign committee into a leadership political action committee called the Great Task, a sign that she plans to take her mission against former President Donald J. Trump to new levels.
After losing her primary election Tuesday evening, Representative Liz Cheney of Wyoming vowed to use her position on the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack to continue prosecuting the public case against former President Donald J. Trump.
“This primary election is over,” she told her supporters Tuesday night. “But now the real work begins.”
Ms. Cheney, a Republican who is vice chair of the committee, quickly converted her campaign committee into a leadership political action committee called the Great Task, a sign that she plans to take her fight against Mr. Trump to new levels. But she also plans to dig deeper into her mission with the Jan. 6 committee, which could continue its work until the end of the year.
Since the committee began its series of hearings in June, it has received more than 4,000 submissions to its tip line. Investigators spent the first half of August interviewing new witnesses, including members of Mr. Trump’s cabinet. Lawmakers said they would use August, when Congress takes a lengthy recess, to prepare a preliminary report of their findings, tentatively scheduled to be released in September. But a final report — complete with exhibits and transcripts — could wait until December, just before the committee is set to dissolve at the start of a new Congress on Jan. 3, 2023.
The panel plans to resume its public hearings in September, with lawmakers pledging to make public new revelations about Mr. Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 election.
“In the course of these hearings, we have received new evidence and new witnesses have bravely stepped forward. Efforts to litigate and overcome immunity and executive-privilege claims have been successful, and those continue. Doors have opened, new subpoenas have been issued and the dam has begun to break,” Ms. Cheney said at the last hearing of the committee in July.
She closed the hearing by quoting the conservative icon Margaret Thatcher.
“‘Let it never be said that the dedication of those who love freedom is less than the determination of those who would destroy it,’” Ms. Cheney said. “Let me assure every one of you this: Our committee understands the gravity of this moment and the consequences for our nation. We have much work yet to do, and we will see you all in September.”
Source: nytimes.com
