Congresswoman Liz Cheney, a Republican from Wyoming who is the committee’s vice chairwoman, told CNN’s Jake Tapper on Sunday’s “State of the Union” that the committee was speaking with Thomas’ attorney.
“We certainly hope that she will agree to come in voluntarily, but the committee is fully prepared to consider a subpoena if she does not.” I hope it doesn’t come to that. I hope she will come voluntarily,” Cheney said. “So it’s very important for us to speak to her, and as I said, I hope she agrees to do it voluntarily, but I’m sure we’ll consider a subpoena if she doesn’t.”
The committee asked Thomas, a conservative activist, to meet with the group and provide documents that could be relevant to the investigation. The committee has email correspondence between Thomas and former President Donald Trump’s campaign lawyer, John Eastman, as well as text messages between her and Trump’s White House chief of staff, Mark Meadows. The texts show Thomas urging Meadows to continue the fight to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. Eastman and Meadows were also the subject of the commission’s investigation.
An attorney for Thomas said in a letter to the House Select Committee last month that he “does not believe there is sufficient basis to speak with” Thomas at this time.
No decision yet on whether to refer Trump to criminal charges
Cheney also said the committee has not decided whether to bring criminal charges against President Donald Trump, but that he believes Trump violated the oath of office and that is “absolutely something we are looking at.”
“I think that Donald Trump, the violation of his oath of office, the violation of the constitution that he has engaged in, is the most serious violation of any president in the history of our nation. I think, as I said, the committee has not yet decided whether we will refer or not. This is something we take very seriously. And I would also say that the Department of Justice is certainly very focused, based on what we’re seeing publicly, on what is the largest criminal investigation in America. But there’s no question in my mind that the president of the United States is unfit. for further office.”
Cheney also said he believed the missing Secret Service texts were “deeply troubling.”
“I also know that what we’ve seen in terms of what’s happened in the last few weeks is deeply disturbing,” she said. “We’ll get to the bottom.”
Cheney about her future
Cheney said her work on the committee since Jan. 6 “is the most important thing I’ve ever done professionally,” telling Tapper that even if she loses her upcoming re-election race because of her work on the committee, “there’s no question about it.” that it is still worth serving on it.
She called her primary race “a very unusual moment, certainly in American politics.”
“I will also say this, I will not lie. I will not say things that are not true about the election,” she said. “My opponents are certainly doing this simply to get elected … if I have to choose between keeping a seat in the House of Representatives or protecting the constitutional republic and making sure the American people know the truth about Donald Trump, I will choose The Constitution and the truth every day.”
This story has been updated to include more of Cheney’s interview.
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