Rep. Liz Cheney responds to Trump spokesperson who said she was not fighting for the 'principles' of the Republican Party, telling jonkarl: “What I'm fighting for is the Constitution. What I'm fighting for is a perpetuation of the republic.”
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"That's a very serious thing. I think that when you think about the fact that we were in a position where the FBI, the Department of Justice, felt the need to execute a search warrant at the home of a former president -- that's a really serious thing for the nation," she said. Trump in recent days has called for the "immediate release" of the affidavit while leveling various attacks at the FBI and Justice Department, while also demanding over his social media website that the documents be returned to him.
Rep. Liz Cheney speaks with ABC News Chief Washington Correspondent Jon Karl, Aug. 19, 2022, in Washington, D.C.Cheney also accused Trump of releasing the unredacted search warrant to media organizations who then posted its contents without removing the names of the agents involved. Law enforcement agencies around the country are actively monitoring growing strains of angry online rhetoric and threats that have emerged in the wake of the raid.
The Justice Department had urged the judge, Bruce Reinhart, to keep the affidavit fully under seal, arguing that if it were to be made public it could "cause significant and irreparable damage" to an ongoing criminal investigation involving highly classified materials related to national security."I think that will provide us additional information," Cheney said. "It sounds to me from watching.
Rep. Liz Cheney, Vice Chair of the House Select Committee to Investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, delivers remarks during the fifth hearing, June 23, 2022, in Washington, D.C.Cheney hopes Pence will testify to Jan. 6 committee, possible Trump could be asked Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks at"Politics & Eggs" at the New Hampshire Institute Politics at St. Anselm College on Aug. 17, 2022 in Manchester, N.H.Cheney told Karl that she expects transcripts, records and other materials gathered by the committee over the course of its investigation will be made public.
"And I would say, you know, they ought to do the same. They are all completely shirking their obligations and their responsibilities to come and testify about what they know. And I think, again, that's an abdication of their responsibility under the Constitution," Cheney said. "And so, it does make me sad that so many people have failed the test, but certainly no regrets. I mean, to me, there's just never been any question about what was the right way to operate here and the right thing to do," she added.
Of the nine other House Republicans who voted to impeach former President Trump in 2021 for his role in inciting an insurrection, Cheney said they will forever be bonded by that vote. Cheney doubled down on what she believes her principles are in the face of a Republican Party still in the grips of the former president and what she will continue to fight for as she considers her political future.
"And I'm also going to spend a lot of time doing everything I can to help educate the American people about what happened. And I think our hearings have been a tremendous contribution to that. And I think it's really important for people you know, really across the political spectrum of all ages to understand and recognize why what happened after the last election can never happen again," Cheney said.
Asked by Karl if she would run as an independent candidate,"I'm not going to go down that path anymore in terms of speculating – today," she said with a laugh. "Donald Trump is certainly the center of the threat. And I think that you know, what he's done and what he's created is a movement on some level that is post truth. And I think that you know, certainly social media has added to that. But election denial, denying the fundamental function and principle – what is at the center of our constitutional republic is dangerous, broadly speaking, and he is certainly leading that effort, leading that movement," Cheney said.
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