(NewsNation) — Bill O’Reilly believes Kash Patel, whom Trump has tapped to lead the FBI, is “salivating” for a chance to investigate former Rep. Liz Cheney.
Republicans released a report Tuesday reviewing the “failures and politicization” of the now-disbanded House Jan. 6 committee and recommended a criminal investigation into Cheney.
“If Liz Cheney witness tampered, she deserves the FBI being all over her front lawn,” O’Reilly said Wednesday on NewsNation’s “CUOMO.” “If she tried to convince Cassidy Hutchinson behind closed doors to testify a certain way in front of the Jan. 6 committee, then this woman violated federal law, period.”
The 128-page interim report forwards many of the claims circulated by the GOP since the committee was organized, complaining the Jan. 6 select committee was improperly constituted and unfairly pinned blame on President-elect Trump.
“Speaker [Nancy] Pelosi’s multimillion-dollar Select Committee was a political weapon with a singular focus to deceive the public into blaming President Trump for the violence on January 6 and to tarnish the legacy of his first Presidency,” the report states.
The report’s conclusion also calls for an FBI investigation into Cheney, accusing her of witness tampering by being in touch with star witness Cassidy Hutchinson, a former White House aide.
It’s a claim that if pursued would likely face significant roadblocks but that nonetheless comes as Trump has suggested members of the Jan. 6 panel should “go to jail” for their work.
The suggestion and the panel’s report at large was excoriated by Cheney.
“January 6th showed Donald Trump for who is really is – a cruel and vindictive man who allowed violent attacks to continue against our Capitol and law enforcement officers while he watched television and refused for hours to instruct his supporters to stand down and leave,” Cheney said in a statement noting the numerous Republican witnesses who testified before the panel.
“Chairman [Barry] Loudermilk’s (R-Ga.) ‘Interim Report’ intentionally disregards the truth and the Select Committee’s tremendous weight of evidence, and instead fabricates lies and defamatory allegations in an attempt to cover up what Donald Trump did. Their allegations do not reflect a review of the actual evidence, and are a malicious and cowardly assault on the truth. No reputable lawyer, legislator or judge would take this seriously.”
NewsNation’s The Hill contributed to this report.
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