Liz Cheney Responds to President Trump’s Jail Time Threat

Over the weekend, President Trump suggested sending J6 commitee members — like Liz Cheney, who allegedly destroyed 117 files related to the investigation — to jail.

Of course, Liz Cheney is now calling this threat “ridiculous.”

In fact, her response is to double down, calling the January 6th Capitol protest “the worst breach of our Constitution by any president in our nation’s history. Donald Trump’s suggestion that members of Congress who later investigated his illegal and unconstitutional actions should be jailed is a continuation of his assault on the rule of law and the foundations of our republic.”

Here’s Cheney’s full response:

ICYMI — Liz Cheney responds to Trump telling MTP she and the 1/6 committee should be in jail: “It was the worst breach of our constitution by any President in 🇺🇸 history… this is a continuation of his assault on the rule of law and the foundations of our Republic.” pic.twitter.com/3q9LSnUziF

— The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) December 9, 2024

During President Trump’s Sunday interview on NBC News’ Meet the Press, he claimed that, “Cheney did something that’s inexcusable, along with Thompson and the people on the un-select committee of political thugs and, you know, creeps. They deleted and destroyed all evidence. And Cheney was behind it…For what they did, honestly, they should go to jail.”

If you missed it, here’s that clip:

President Trump says that Liz Cheney, Benny Thompson and everybody that was on the J6 Committee should go to jail 👀

“For what they did, honestly, they should go to jail.”

I can smell the panic from here and it’s amazing. pic.twitter.com/dtAQN2tjDn

— TheStormHasArrived (@TheStormRedux) December 8, 2024

Fox News reported:

Former Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney said President-elect Trump floating jail time for her and other members of the Jan. 6 Committee “is a ​​continuation of his assault on the rule of law.”

“Here is the truth: Donald Trump attempted to overturn the 2020 presidential election and seize power,” Cheney said in a response statement to Trump, which was provided to Fox Digital. “He mobilized an angry mob and sent them to the United States Capitol, where they attacked police officers, invaded the building and halted the official counting of electoral votes. Trump watched on television as police officers were brutally beaten and the Capitol was assaulted, refusing for hours to tell the mob to leave.”

Cheney’s response follows Trump joining NBC’s “Meet the Press” for a pre-recorded interview that aired Sunday, where the president-elect railed that Cheney, committee chairman Rep. Bennie Thompson and others “deleted and destroyed” evidence related to the Jan. 6 investigation and “should go to jail.”

“Cheney did something that’s inexcusable, along with Thompson and the people on the un-select committee of political thugs and, you know, creeps,” he said in the interview. “They deleted and destroyed all evidence.”

“And Cheney was behind it. And so was Bennie Thompson and everybody on that committee,” he continued. “For what they did, honestly, they should go to jail.”

Cheney shot back in her statement that Jan. 6, 2021, “was the worst breach of our Constitution by any president in our nation’s history. Donald Trump’s suggestion that members of Congress who later investigated his illegal and unconstitutional actions should be jailed is a continuation of his assault on the rule of law and the foundations of our republic.

The Jan. 6 committee was founded in July 2021 to investigate the breach of the U.S. Capitol earlier that year by supporters of Trump ahead of President Biden officially taking office on Jan. 20. The Jan. 6 committee’s investigation was carried out when Democrats held control of the House.

The committee concluded its 18-month investigation last year, when Republicans regained control of the House, and sent referrals to the Justice Department recommending Trump be criminally prosecuted for his involvement in the lead-up to supporters breaching the Capitol.

Breitbart added:

Liz Cheney, a former member of the partisan January 6 Committee, said Monday that she should not go to jail for allegedly destroying 117 of the panel’s files.

President-elect Donald Trump accused members of the partisan panel on Sunday of destroying committee evidence that he said exonerated him from allegations of wrongdoing.

The accusation came after Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), who led the House Administration Committee’s oversight investigation, said in January his computer forensic investigators discovered that 117 files went missing, presumably deleted or encrypted by the panel’s members.

“It’s obvious that [the J6 committee] went to great lengths to prevent Americans from seeing certain documents produced in their investigation,” Loudermilk told Fox News. “It also appears that Bennie Thompson and Liz Cheney intended to obstruct our Subcommittee by failing to preserve critical information and videos as required by House rules.”

When interviewed by NBC’s Kristen Welker, Trump said members of the committee should go to jail for what they did.

“Cheney did something that’s inexcusable, along with Thompson and the people on the un-select committee of political thugs and, you know, creeps.” Trump was referring to committee chair Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS). “They deleted and destroyed all evidence.”

“Just remember, the unselect committee – a year and a half of sworn testimony, and after getting all of the testimony, they deleted it, wait, and they destroyed almost everything,” Trump explained. “There’s nothing left. It’s unprecedented, and they deny you do that. In a civil case, you go to jail.”

Cheney, who enriched herself in Congress before leaving in defeat, said, “Trump’s suggestion that members of Congress who later investigated his illegal and unconstitutional actions should be jailed is a continuation of his assault on the rule of law and the foundations of our republic,” the New York Times reported.

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“Donald Trump knows his claims about the select committee are ridiculous and false, as has been detailed extensively, including by Chairman Thompson,” she continued.

What do you think?

Should Liz Cheney and the other members of the J6 committee go to jail?