Cheney says Trump is lying about the Jan 6 committee "backing off."

[Yssup Rider]

Someone in this forum reposted a release from the disgraced, twice-impeached POTUS, which the poster proffered as fact.

However, Trump, to nobody's surprise (except maybe his Qbuddies), lied for a change.

Nobody's going to let this go, as well they shouldn't.

Trump continues to double down on fantasy and self delusion.

Even the NY Daily News can nail that shit.


https://www.nydailynews.com/news/pol...az4-story.html


Rep. Liz Cheney hits back at Trump as Jan. 6 committee pushes Supreme Court to order release of White House records
By DAVE GOLDINER
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS |
DEC 30, 2021 AT 3:49 PM



Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) is punching back hard at former President Trump as the Jan. 6 investigative committee urged the Supreme Court to green light the release of his White House records.

The committee Thursday urged the top court not to hear Trump’s request to bar the release of the potentially incriminating trove of files, which might include videos he made as his extremist supporters stormed the Capitol.

“Although the facts are unprecedented, this case is not a difficult one,” the congressional select committee wrote in a legal filing. “The Select Committee is entitled to (the) Presidential records.”

The legal jab came hours after the Republican rebel fact-checked Trump’s claim that the committee was backing down from its push to obtain the records.

“False. The ⁦@January6thCmte⁩ hasn’t dropped requests for any necessary records,” Cheney tweeted late Wednesday. “In fact, we’re actively litigating to obtain White House records Trump is trying to conceal.”

Trump had issued a statement earlier Wednesday spotlighting the decision by the committee not to request some of the documents in deference to concerns by aides to President Biden that are tied to national security issues and don’t involve Trump’s campaign to overturn the 2020 election.

The twice-impeached former president portrayed the move as the committee backing down in what he derides as a “witch hunt” aimed at smearing him.

“This also changes the entire complexion of their request,” he wrote in an email message. “Not that there are any documents that would be incriminating or a problem for me.”

Cheney insisted that the panel has not strayed from its mission of finding the whole truth about what happened on Jan. 6 and Trump’s role in it.

“We will not allow him to hide the truth about Jan. 6, or his conduct, from the American people,” she wrote.

The back-and-forth comes as Trump asks the conservative-dominated Supreme Court to shield his records, which could include handwritten notes about his inaction as the riot raged and outtakes of his infamous “you’re wonderful people” video to his supporters.

The top court is considering Trump’s request to squelch orders from lower court judges that the National Archive should hand over the documents to the Congressional committee.

Trump’s lawyers filed a new brief late Wednesday citing an interview with Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), the panel’s chair. He said the committee could use the files to refer Trump for possible criminal prosecution.

Lawyers for the White House and Congress say Trump has no right to keep secret his actions or inaction in the face of a historic attack on American democracy.

It’s unknown whether the court will hear the case or when it might act.

Along with asking the justices to rebuff Trump’s request, the committee asked the Supremes to rule as quickly as possible on the case.

“Each passing day handicaps the Select Committee’s investigation, forcing it to proceed without the benefit of documents to which it is entitled,” it wrote in the filing.

[Yssup Rider]

Rep. Kinzinger echoed Cheney's reality check.

https://www.newsweek.com/republican-...mittee-1664458

[NoirMan]

Of course Trump is lying. And the reduced request has nothing to do with Trump. As I pointed out in another thread, it was national Security documents from briefings that morning.

Oddly the Trumpidiots seem to forget that the Biden people can and likely have reviewed all the requested documents so they are well aware of what’s in them. They are not hidden from
Them, only congress at this point. I presume that if the documents were innocuous they would have just told the committee members “hey there’s nothing there”.

[bambino]

You’re really scraping the bottom of the barrel. Liz Cheney is toast. She has no political future. Maybe on the view or CNN. You’re really out to lunch.

[Yssup Rider]

Her future is at least another year in Congress.

Lunch was good. And healthy.

[bambino]

Originally Posted by Yssup Rider

Her future is at least another year in Congress.

Lunch was good. And healthy.

As a back bencher, the Republicans demoted her. Maybe she’ll move to Austin.

[The_Waco_Kid]

looks like Lizzy needs to watch more CNN ...



January 6 panel stands down on request for some Trump documents

https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/28/polit...nts/index.html


(CNN)The House select committee investigating January 6 has stood down on its requests for some documents from the Trump White House after negotiations with the Biden administration.



The White House said some of the records the House asked for potentially could concern state secrets or executive privilege because they were part of high-level national security deliberations, according to a letter from the White House counsel's office released Tuesday. The House said it would "defer" its requests for those records.


Another set of the documents that the House dropped pursuing may not have been all that helpful anyway because while they were created on dates the committee asked for, they did not pertain to the panel's investigation, the White House letter said. As a result, the committee won't be getting hundreds of pages of National Security Council records at this time.


The revelation comes in a new round of letters about the status of Trump-era documents held by the National Archives. It's the first time the Biden administration appears to have pushed back on more than a handful of pages of documents requested by the House select committee, as the National Archives works through thousands of pages of records from the Trump administration.





Some Trump allies slow walk, stonewall or snub January 6 committee





The White House made clear in its letter it's still supportive of the House's inquiry on January 6, and that the latest deal over documents shouldn't "compromise its ability to complete its critical investigation expeditiously."


The curtailing of the House panel's request will likely not affect its core mission of understanding then-President Donald Trump's attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential vote and the insurrection at the US Capitol on January 6. That's because this latest round of documents over which Congress and the executive branch negotiated "appear to have no content that might be material to the Select Committee's investigation," the Biden White House said in a letter this month.


"President Biden recognizes that Congress has a compelling need, in service of its legislative functions, to understand the circumstances that led to the insurrection," wrote Jonathan Su, a lawyer for the Biden White House. "The documents for which the Select Committee has agreed to withdraw or defer its request do not appear to bear on the White House's preparations for or response to the events of January 6, or on efforts to overturn the election or otherwise obstruct the peaceful transfer of power."






January 6 committee eyes interim report by summer 2022





The House is still seeking -- and the Biden administration is willing to release -- more than 700 pages of crucial Trump White House records documenting Trump's and top advisers' discussions, phone calls and visits up to and on January 6.


But Trump filed a lawsuit to block their release and continues to claim that several hundred pages should be kept private, under his assertions of executive privilege. He is asking the Supreme Court to hear his case, after losing at two lower courts.


Before this month, the National Archives had processed and weighed the positions of Trump and of the current White House on at least four separate collections of documents. As the review of records continued at the archives, the Biden administration in recent weeks looked at 511 pages from the National Security Council during Trump's presidency, as the House committee has been seeking a broad swath of documents from the former President's time in office.



"The Select Committee has agreed to withdraw or defer its request for a significant portion of those records," White House counsel Dana Remus wrote to the archives on December 17.


The committee issued a statement later Tuesday, making clear that it wasn't dropping parts of its pursuit.


"The Select Committee welcomes President Biden's decision to clear the way for the production of another set of records," a committee spokesperson said in the statement. "The committee has agreed to defer action on certain records as part of the accommodations process, as was the case with an earlier tranche of records. The Select Committee has not withdrawn its request for these records and will continue to engage with the executive branch to ensure the committee gets access to all the information relevant to our probe."


Even so, the committee could face a drawn-out negotiation with the Biden administration if it does still push for access to national security records, either because of potential standoffs over executive privilege or issues related to classified or law-enforcement sensitive material, the White House suggested in its letter.


There was a previous situation in October where the House committee backed off pursuing a much smaller collection of January 6 documents, as it headed to court against Trump, and without the same level of public explanation from the Biden White House.


This story has been updated with additional details about the document negotiations.

CNN's Annie Grayer contributed to this report.

[Salty Again]

Originally Posted by NoirMan

Of course Trump is lying. And the reduced request has nothing to do with Trump. As I pointed out in another thread, it was national Security documents from briefings that morning.

Oddly the Trumpidiots seem to forget that the Biden people can and likely have reviewed all the requested documents so they are well aware of what’s in them. They are not hidden from
Them, only congress at this point. I presume that if the documents were innocuous they would have just told the committee members “hey there’s nothing there”.

... Once again, you lack the ability to get past your own
Trump hatred - and understand WHY there's TWO narratives
to this story.

The truth from Trump - and the sad attempt at cover-up
by the others.

... Maybe Trump will explain what's actually contained
in the documents that the Biden handlers don't want seen.

I surely believe that I know.
Do you?

#### Salty

[NoirMan]

I know that you don’t know anything in this regard.

[Salty Again]

... Oh, I surely believe I do.

We'll see if I'm right.

#### Salty