Trump Tried to Contact Jan. 6 Witness, Liz Cheney Reveals

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Source: The Daily Beast

Former President Donald Trump tried to call a witness set to appear before the House Jan. 6 Committee, Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) revealed in a bombshell statement at the end of Tuesday’s hearing.

Trump allegedly called the witness, whose identity has not been revealed, following the committee’s last hearing, Cheney said. The witness did not pick up Trump’s call, instead referring it to their lawyer, who referred it to the committee. The incident has been referred to the Department of Justice, Cheney added.

“We will take any effort to influence witness testimony very seriously,” Cheney said.

This is a developing story.

Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-tried-to-contact-jan-6-witness-liz-cheney-reveals-at-end-of-hearing

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[BlueBloodedAmerican]

1. And 🍊💩 is going to continue his criminal behavior as long as he's allowed to do whatever he likes.

[thecrow]

42. He can't help himself

😜

[Ocelot II]

2. I wonder if TFG left a voicemail message, or did the witness know it was him

from caller ID? Assuming TFG's caller ID even identifies him?

[Jirel]

14. The answer is YES.

You're looking for someone who could recognize Twittler's number and choose to not answer it, probably someone with that number in their Contacts. So, a witness on the list we haven't heard from yet, and who is super close to Twittler.

Also, I'll put money on a voice mail. Cheney said "declined to answer or respond to." She is very careful in what she says, and there is not a lot of reason to use this language unless there was a message (voice or text) to respond to with a callback.

[oldsoftie]

15. oh how I HOPE there was a tedious VM left.

Bonus points for cursing

[tavernier]

60. HOPE was my first guess

(I’m assuming you were talking in code) But was she there during the January 6 days?

[oldsoftie]

63. Good eye! I doubt she was there; she had resigned long before Election Day.

[sop]

21. Lordy I hope there are tapes.

[Mr. Evil]

48. The NSA knows.

They have a recording, a name of the person that received the call and the exact time.

I wonder if they serve hamberders, KFC and burnt-to-a-crisp-ketchup-smothered-steaks in prison.

[Meadowoak]

61. My guess, Cassidy Hutchinson, and that explains the emergency rescheduling but I could be wrong.

[Auggie]

3. Witness tampering?

If not actual, intent. No?

[underpants]

6. That's what Jared's father went to jail for

Just saying.

[rurallib]

4. like a big cliffhanger at the end of a TV season

Tune in next week, folks

[FarPoint]

8. Just guessing....

It has to be someone from 45's inner circle...has not yet testified....evoked 45 enough to contact them and have their number in his contact list...

I think...Mark Meadows....????

[rurallib]

11. stay tuned!

[oldsoftie]

16. I don't think Meadows would've reported it. nt

[Rebl2]

37. No

Doubtful he would

[Denvermosaic]

5. For goodness sake, shove that bastard into a prison cell.

[oldsoftie]

17. I first read that as "wall", then saw you typed "cell".....

[Ligyron]

29. That comes after he's in prison.

Let's not get ahead of ourselves here...

[getagrip_already]

7. Odd wording....

I took it to mean he wanted the committee to call a specific witness he wanted them to hear from.

Now I see he called someone who was already scheduled to testify.

And guess what? Even if he did pardon himself, it wouldn't protect him now......

So what's doj's excuse gonna be now?

[COL Mustard]

22. I'm sure his self-pardon was worded in such a way

That any and all self-dealing, self-incriminating, criminally intentioned actions are covered. Also no punch backs on slugbugs. Or anything else His Heinous might wish. So there.

[LoisB]

34. Can he even pardon himself? I would think there would be legal challenges to that since that

would be him putting himself above the law.

[SergeStorms]

45. He has a filing cabinet....

full of blank, signed and dated, pardons from when he was still president.

He thinks he can fill them in now and it's his "Get Out of Jail Free" card for any offense.

Remember, he is a "stable genius".

[niyad]

54. Nothing odd about the wording, it was very clear.

[867-5309.]

59. But was a crime committed?

Is attempting to contact a witness a crime?

[rso]

9. Trump

I wish the witness would have taken the call from Trump so he/she could testify to what Trump said. Unfortunately, when it comes to criminality, I don't see how DOJ can make a case based only on an attempt by Trump to contact a witness.

[Justice matters.]

10. Unless the witness recorded it...

The Michael Cohen way??

[moniss]

12. This may be

a cynical legal strategy on the part of the Orange Ruski. If he now commits some crimes and is charged he may try to get a deal with DOJ where he pleads guilty to these lesser crimes as long as they don't charge him for the coup. He will probably also agree to testify against Flynn, Powell, Ghouliani, Meadows and Stone.

[AngryOldDem]

13. Neil Katyal: "A very easy criminal case."

Trump will probably try to claim he didn’t know the person was planning to testify. Bullshit. Didn’t Cassidy Hutchison get a similar communication?

Damn, DOJ. This is being handed to you on the proverbial silver platter.

[durablend]

19. DOJ: "But it would DIVIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIDE the nation!!!!!"

[FakeNoose]

65. Yes but the call/text that was made to Cassidy

... that was Mark Meadows. He's not doing those calls any more.

Now Chump has to do his own witness tampering, and it's not going too well.

[mwb970]

18. He just can't control himself.

[Stuart G]

20. Thank You for this post..K&R..Trump still thinks he is above the law.

..............But he NOT ABOVE THE LAW...!!....Donald Trump is much too stupid to listen to the truth.

[yaesu]

32. I am patiently waiting for proof of this. nt

[Kingofalldems]

23. Kick this for the subject changers.

[erronis]

24. Probably explained as an inadvertent "butt call". Given trump's ample one he prolly dialed a bunch

of contacts. And left them a big wet "butt" message that everyone will understand is code for STFU.

[C Moon]

25. DAMN!!!! So what are the likes of McConnell going to do when their orange man is in an orange suit?

This is even in a fairly right wing newspaper where I live. Headline news (via email).
It seems many on the right have given up on the criminal.
But there are many, many more criminals who need to be gathered up.

[Sky Jewels]

27. many more criminals who need to be gathered up ...

like most of the Congressional Republican delegation.

[C Moon]

28. Yep

[NullTuples]

55. McConnell will be just as happy to work with DeSantis. Addison has been working on this for a decade

[Sky Jewels]

26. Massive Dump has got to be one of the

stupidest people in world history.

[sarcasmo]

30. Liz saved the knockout punch for the end. Witness tampering is a felony.

[CTyankee]

62. hint, hint...get ready for more action. And a fellow republican blew another whistle!

OK, Justice Dept. The ball is in your court...

[LiberalLovinLug]

31. Trump will simply say that he was just encouraging the witness to tell the truth

Trump has had years, decades, of education from a host of slimy lawyers on just what to NOT say, and still get your message (or threat) across. And insulate oneself from any actual proof of culpability.

[cstanleytech]

33. Sounds like attempted witness tampering at the very least.

[Novara]

35. He can't not crime

And this tells you how freaked out he is.

[ancianita]

36. There's a criminal referral for that, along with the others at this point.

[PSPS]

39. LOL. Yeah, I'm sure garland will get right on that! LOL

[ancianita]

41. Oh, he's got it already. They immediately passed it on to the DOJ.

[PSPS]

46. Where it will just be ignored.

[ancianita]

50. After all they've done to convict and sentence, you really can't say that with certainty.

Witness tampering is an easy dunk for the DOJ.
They also know that the American public knows. So there is DOJ integrity to live up to.

The reason I say you can't say it will be ignored is that the DOJ's done a shitton of work already.

Since Jan 6 2021:
https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/capitol-breach-cases
https://seditiontracker.com/suspects/by_status

Six months ago:
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/leader-oath-keepers-and-10-other-individuals-indicted-federal-court-seditious-conspiracy-and

Six days ago:
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/us-marshals-national-violence-reduction-operation-captures-more-1500-fugitives

So you make a baseless claim. Too many people around here mistake pessimism for wisdom and judgment.

[bucolic_frolic]

38. Someone should tell Trump

you only brought presents for the judge in Medieval times.

[localroger]

40. The way it's described makes it sound like the witness has a secretary

...screening their calls. The "refused the call, referred it to their attorney" thing doesn't sound like caller ID being recognized or a voicemail being left. To me that most likely suggests someone in political office.

[titanicdave]

43. .....When It Comes To Her Politics.....

.......I am totally against almost everything that Liz Cheney supports as a very conservative Republican......BUT.....when it comes to the January 6th Select Committee investigating Donald John tRUMP.......Liz Cheney has more cahones than all of the Republican so called...."men in power positions".....she shows what it means to put country ahead of party......she also shows her love of The Constitution and The Rule of Law.....over party.....and she puts the so called..."men in power positions".....to shame.......and, I...THANK...GOD...FOR...LIZ...CHENEY!!!!.....

[electric_blue68]

66. For what she's Doing Now we can Righteous Thank her!

[Peregrine Took]

44. Neal Katyal just said trump must be indicted - there can be no other path. Wow n/t

[Mz Pip]

47. Help me out here

The person didn’t answer so I can see a defense being if nothing was said, how can one assume witness tampering?

Unless he left a message, how can they prove intent to tamper?

[wishstar]

49. He must have left a voicemail message

otherwise the witness and the committee would not have had such a strong suspicion of witness tampering to the extent that committee felt DOJ referral was appropriate

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

51. Lock his bloated dimply orange ass up

[Herx]

52. Obstruction of justice

Plus the other crimes

[sakabatou]

53. Can someone say witness tampering?

[LiberalFighter]

56. Have to wonder how he knew the person was a witness.

I guess maybe he had one of his attorneys representing the person?

[Turbineguy]

58. Trump is a fuckup.

It comes naturally.

[rockfordfile]

64. lock him up