Liz Cheney trolled as House GOP J6 panel seeks her communications with ex-Trump aide Cassidy Hutchinson

WASHINGTON, DC: House GOP investigators have intensified their efforts to obtain additional communications between former Rep Liz Cheney and ex-Trump administration staffers.

The move is part of an ongoing investigation into the activities of the now-defunct House Select Committee on January 6, 2021.

Rep Barry Loudermilk's letter to Alyssa Farah Griffin

Rep Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga), who chairs the House Committee on Administration's oversight subcommittee, has sent a letter to Alyssa Farah Griffin requesting records of her communications with Cheney (R-Wyo), Cassidy Hutchinson, Trump White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, any Secret Service agents assigned to Meadows or former President Trump, and officials in the Fulton County, Georgia, district attorney's office.

Loudermilk's letter focuses specifically on Griffin’s communications regarding Hutchinson, referencing claims that Griffin had convinced Hutchinson to testify before the select committee. He accused Hutchinson of "drastically" altering her testimony after consulting with Griffin.

"According to public reports, numerous sit-down interviews, and Cassidy Hutchinson’s memoir Enough, you spoke to Ms. Hutchinson about her testimony to the Select Committee during the summer of 2021. A review of the documents provided by the Select Committee resulted in questions about the veracity of Ms. Hutchinson’s public and private testimony to the Select Committee," Loudermilk wrote. "Ms. Hutchinson specifically cites her conversation with you as one reason her testimony changed so dramatically."

Hutchinson’s testimony and memoir

Cassidy Hutchinson emerged as a key witness for the January 6 committee, which was established by then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif).

Hutchinson testified that former President Trump physically lunged at Robert Engel, his driver, when Engel refused to drive him to the US Capitol. Trump and others involved in the incident have denied these claims.

Hutchinson’s memoir and subsequent interviews have provided further details. She recounted that Griffin acted as a back channel between her and the January 6 committee before her third closed-door interview and subsequent bombshell testimony. At the time, Hutchinson was represented by lawyers with ties to Trump, Fox News reported.

Griffin disclosed on CNN’s 'The Lead' in September 2023 that Hutchinson had shared "damning" information not previously known to the committee, such as claims that Meadows burned documents at the White House. Griffin then communicated this information to Cheney.

"What we ultimately came up with is I said, ‘What if I can take this information to Congresswoman Liz Cheney, and see if she can call you back, and in the meantime, we can look at trying to get you representation pro bono,’" Griffin recounted

Impact of Griffin's communication

Griffin’s intervention led Cheney to ask Hutchinson about more incriminating details during their next meeting.

This testimony painted a darker picture of the events surrounding January 6, including accusations that Trump said his then-Vice President Mike Pence "deserves" the rioters’ chants calling for his hanging.

In his letter, Loudermilk referenced Hutchinson’s memoir, which details her meeting with Griffin and suggests Griffin initially acted as a conduit between Hutchinson and Cheney.

"These stories Cassidy has later claimed to have been privy to were never discussed prior to this meeting at your Georgetown row house," Loudermilk wrote.

The GOP-led committee has requested Griffin’s communication records and asked her to participate in a voluntary transcribed interview sometime this month.

"There are no texts, emails, or verbal exchanges that have been verified where Ms. Hutchinson discussed these explosive claims, apart from your conversation, before testifying to the Select Committee," he added.

"Therefore, due to your proximity to and influence on Ms. Hutchinson around the time her testimony changed so drastically, I believe you may have important [information] related to this investigation."

Liz Cheney faces criticism on social media

Social media was inundated with reactions slamming Cheney after new developments of the probe emerged.

"Why was Liz talking to Cassidy off the record?" one posted on X.

"Did some money happen to stick to those conversations?" another wondered.

"Pretty hard to drain the swamp when your own administration is full of snakes," someone else chimed in.

"Liz Cheney is a swamp creature, pay no attention," a comment read.

"Liz Cheney needs to be in Jail!" another insisted.

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