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Liz Cheney Disputes NYT Report Claiming Jan. 6 Panel Is Split On Trump Criminal Referral

Liz Cheney: Congress mulling criminal referral against Trump over election claims, actions

Rep. Liz Cheney said Sunday that Congress is mulling whether to issue a criminal referral to the Justice Department against former President Donald Trump for “unlawfully” seeking to obstruct certification of the 2020 election.

Mrs. Cheney, Wyoming Republican, told CNN that the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol had uncovered significant evidence that Mr. Trump and aides had acted improperly.

Cheney rejects report of a dispute among Jan. 6 committee on criminal referral for Trump

Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) on Sunday rejected a report that there is a dispute among members of the Jan. 6 House select committee regarding whether to make a criminal referral for former President Trump.

The New York Times reported that members of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol are divided over whether to make a criminal referral to the Department of Justice (DOJ) for Trump, even though the panel has determined that they have the evidence for such a move.