Jan. 6 Committee's Cheney Raises Prospect of Witness Tampering
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NBC News has confirmed the witness Trump called is a member of White House support staff.
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Cheney said Trump tried to call this person, who did not pick up and did not respond. Instead, they alerted their lawyer. The lawyer alerted the committee, and Cheney said they have turned the matter over to the Justice Department.
Donald Trump tried to contact a witness who was talking to the Jan. 6 House committee about its investigation of the former president and the 2021 attack at the Capitol, raising concerns of attempts to tamper with a witness, the committee’s vice chair, Rep.
The congresswoman from Wyoming had raised the prospect at the previous hearing that former President Donald J. Trump and his allies were interfering with a witness.
The vice chair of the House Jan. 6 committee says Donald Trump has attempted to contact a witness who was talking to the panel investigating the attack on the Capitol.
The witness has not been featured in the committee's hearings yet, Cheney said. The person didn't answer the call and the committee has alerted the Justice Department.
Rep. Liz Cheney said Tuesday that former President Donald Trump reached out to an unidentified witness of the Jan. 6 committee, and the panel has referred the matter to the Justice Department over possible witness tampering.
The witness' testimony has not yet appeared at the committee's public hearings, and the Department of Justice has been notified, according to Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.).
The vice chair of the House Jan. 6 committee says Donald Trump has attempted to contact a witness who was talking to the panel investigating the attack on the Capitol.
The Jan. 6 committee revealed that the former president tried to call a witness, that the witness informed the committee, and that the committee informed the Justice Department
Rep. Liz Cheney, the vice chairwoman of the House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, insurrection, said at the panel's hearing Tuesday that former President Donald Trump attempted to contact a witness who has not yet been publicly identified.
By Tierney Sneed and Katelyn Polantz, CNN The revelation that the House January 6 committee notified the Department of Justice of an alleged attempt by former President Donald Trump to contact a witness is the latest product of the panel’s probe to involve law enforcement.
WASHINGTON — Rep. Liz Cheney says Trump tried to contact witness in Jan. 6 investigation, Justice Department has been alerted. This is a developing news story. Download the KVIA news app to get alerts the moment news breaks.
Panel Vice Chair Liz Cheney said the witness has yet to appear in the hearings and didn't take the call from the former president but alerted their lawyer, who told the committee.
A mystery left over from the end of yesterday’s January 6 hearing. Who’s the unknown witness whom Trump may or may not have been trying to tamper with?...
