Former Representative Liz Cheney (R-Wy.) will be best remembered for her role as vice chair of the Democratic Party’s January 6 Select Committee, a position that emerged as part of what she described as her mission to “intervene and stop” President Donald Trump.
Cheney’s vote to impeach Trump a week after the events of January 6, 2021 resulted in her ouster as Republican conference chair in 2021 and a decisive 40-point defeat in her 2022 primary race. But Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi temporarily saved Cheney from the political wilderness by giving her a top spot on the committee in contravention to House rules; by doing so, Pelosi buried a longstanding hatchet between herself and the Cheney family.
Instead, Dick Cheney’s daughter became Pelosi’s hatchetman.
In another odd turn of fate, Cheney now finds herself in the hot seat following shocking disclosures by Rep. Barry Loudermilk (GA-11), chairman of the House Administration Oversight Subcommittee tasked with conducting a separate investigation into the J6 committee’s work and overall events of that day. A recent report issued by Loudermilk detailed Cheney’s misconduct and influence over the J6 committee, prompting some GOP legislators and the incoming president to call for a criminal investigation into Cheney for