Liz Cheney indicates it’s still a possibility that the January 6 Committee WILL ask Trump to testify and says it’s ‘crucial’ that he answer questions ‘under oath’
- Rep. Liz Cheney spoke with ABC News chief Washington correspondent Jonathan Karl for ‘This Week’ that will air on Sunday
- Cheney said it’s still a possibility that the January 6 committee will have former President Donald Trump testify
- She added that she didn’t want to ‘get ahead’ of the committee, but promised that any Trump interactions would be under oath
- Cheney, who serves as vice chair of the Jan. 6 Select Committee investigating the Capitol attack, said she still hopes former VP Mike Pence testifies
- She lost the primary to Trump-backed challenger Harriet Hageman on Tuesday
GOP Rep. Liz Cheney told ABC News chief Washington correspondent Jonathan Karl that it’s still a possibility that the January 6 committee will have former President Donald Trump testify, and promised that his interactions with the committee would ‘be under oath.’
Cheney appeared on a preview of Sunday’s edition of ABC’s This Week, where she was asked point blank about Trump and former Vice President Mike Pence being asked to testify.
Cheney, who serves as vice chair of the Jan. 6 Select Committee investigating the Capitol attack, said Pence has said he would consider testifying.
Karl then asked Cheney: ‘What about Trump?’ and she indicated that it remains a possibility.
‘I don’t want to make any announcements about that this morning. So, let me just leave it there,’ she said.
When pressed further, Cheney said she didn’t want to ‘get ahead’ of the committee, but promised that any Trump interactions would be under oath.
GOP Rep. Liz Cheney told ABC News chief Washington correspondent Jonathan Karl that it’s still a possibility that the January 6 committee will have Trump testify
Cheney appeared on a preview of Sunday’s edition of ABC’s This Week, where she was asked point blank about Trump and former Vice President Mike Pence being asked to testify. Pictured: Trump and Pence speak from the Rose Garden in April 2020
‘Yes. I mean, I don’t — again, I don’t want to get in front of committee deliberations about that,’ Cheney told Karl. ‘I do think it’s very important, as I said in the first hearing or the second hearing, you know, his interactions with our committee will be under oath.’
Cheney also told Karl that she still Pence had indicated earlier this week that he would consider testifying in the near future. She added that conversations with his legal team are ongoing.
‘I would hope that he will understand how important it is for the American people to know every aspect of the truth about what happened that day,’ Cheney said.
Cheney, who serves as vice chair of the Jan. 6 Select Committee investigating the Capitol attack (pictured), said Pence has said he would consider testifying
Cheney said she didn’t want to ‘get ahead’ of the committee, but promised that any Trump (pictured with Pence in 2020), interactions with the committee would be under oath
‘Look, he played a critical role on January 6. If he had succumbed to the pressure that Donald Trump was putting on him, we would have had a much worse constitutional crisis,’ Cheney added.
‘And I think that he has clearly, as he’s expressed, concerns about executive privilege, which, you know, I have tremendous respect. I think it’s, you know, hugely important constitutional issue in terms of separation of powers.’
She continued: ‘I believe in executive privilege. I think it matters. But I also think that when the country has been through something, as grave as this was, everyone who has information has an obligation to step forward. So, I would hope that that he will do that.’