Cheney says committee has yet to decide whether to make a criminal referral concerning Trump’s conduct to the U.S. Justice Department
The panel probing the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol plans to push its investigation further in the coming weeks, interviewing additional members of Donald Trump’s cabinet and his campaign, as well as U.S. Secret Service members, the committee’s vice chair said on Sunday.
In eight hearings over six weeks featuring testimony from former White House officials and Trump associates, the panel painted the former president as responsible for the attack on the Capitol in a bid to stay in power following his 2020 election loss. The hearings have also outlined efforts by Trump and his allies to overturn the election results.
Cheney said testimony from Trump aides had opened doors to new evidence as others in the administration have come forward. The committee also continues to seek an interview with Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, the wife of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, over her role in Trump’s efforts to overturn the election and may subpoena her if necessary, Cheney said.
“The extent to which there are no text messages from the relevant period of time, the extent to which we have not had the kind of cooperation that we really need to have, those are all the things the committee is going to be looking at in more detail in the coming weeks,” Cheney said in a separate interview on “Fox News Sunday.”
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