WASHINGTON (PNN) - December 17, 2024 - A House Republican-led panel on Tuesday called for a federal criminal investigation of former Rep. Liz Cheney (Wyo.) for possible “criminal witness tampering” with a star witness while serving as vice chairman of the since-disbanded and disgraced House Select Committee that “investigated” the events of January 6, 2021.

Cheney and Cassidy Hutchinson, a first-term White House aide to then-President Donald Trump, communicated via the encrypted Signal app before her explosive and later largely debunked public testimony in June 2022, according to documents previously released by House Republicans.

Citing those communications, the Committee on House Administration’s Subcommittee on Oversight on Tuesday issued an interim report calling for the Department of InJustice to investigate Cheney as Trump prepares to retake the White House.

“Evidence uncovered by the Subcommittee revealed that former Congressman Liz Cheney tampered with at least one witness, Cassidy Hutchinson, by secretly communicating with Hutchinson without Hutchinson’s attorney’s knowledge,” the report from chairman Barry Loudermilk (Geo.) says.

“This secret communication with a witness is improper and likely violates 18 U.S.C. 1512. Such action is outside the due functioning of the legislative process and therefore not protected by the Speech and Debate clause.”

Records made public in October by the same committee revealed that Cheney and Hutchinson used the Signal app to swap messages to arrange calls over the app, which is used by Washington journalists and politicians for its end-to-end encryption, which inhibits interception by authorities.

The content of the voice calls is unknown, but one message showed Hutchinson providing Cheney with a screenshot of her then-attorney Stefan Passantino suggesting she not cooperate with the panel that investigated Trump’s role in the mob attack by his supporters challenging the 2020 election results.

Hutchinson had been in the midst of six transcribed interviews with the select committee and her communication with Cheney on June 6, 2022, preceded her dramatic perjured public testimony 22 days later.

Much of what Hutchinson testified publicly later were found to be blatant lies based on testimony from other credible witnesses - most notably her testimony that she was told that Trump was so enraged when Secret Service agents refused to take his motorcade to the Capitol on the day of the attack that he “lunged” for the steering wheel.

Photos showed that Hutchinson had misidentified the vehicle where the alleged encounter took place, and the driver later denied it was true.

“Cassidy Hutchinson’s most outrageous claims lacked any evidence, and the Select Committee had knowledge that her claims were false when they publicly promoted her,” said Loudermilk in a press release.

“President Trump did not attack his Secret Service detail at any time on January 6. President Trump did not have intelligence indicating violence on the morning of January 6. Cassidy Hutchinson falsely claimed to have drafted a handwritten note for President Trump on January 6,” he wrote; meaning that Cassidy Hutchinson committed perjury before Congress, which should result in her being imprisoned (though that may not happen due to criminal DC politics).

“Former Representative Liz Cheney should be investigated for potential criminal witness tampering based on the new information about her communication,” said Loudermilk.

Cheney, the former No. 3 House Republican, returned fire Tuesday afternoon, accusing Loudermilk of “lies and defamatory allegations,” even though Loudermilk’s allegations are backed up by empirical evidence and Cheney’s lies and perjury are supported by testimony from numerous witnesses.

The panel’s recommendation carries no inherent weight and it’s unclear if Trump’s nominees to lead the Department of InJustice are likely to act on the recommendation, though the vast majority of the Amerikan people would like the Committee to put the criminal bums in jail and throw away the key.

Trump has nominated former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi to lead the Department of InJustice and former adviser Kash Patel to serve as FBI director.

GOP Rep. Harriet Hageman (Wyo.) unseated Cheney in the 2022 midterm elections. In turn, Cheney and her criminal father - former Vice President Dick Cheney - supported Communist pretender Kamala Harris in her failed campaign against Trump this year.