Trump Recently Tried To Call Witness, DOJ Notified

The Washington Post reports:

President Trump recently tried to call an unnamed witness in the investigation of the House select committee probing the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riot — an effort that the panel has since referred to the Department of Justice, Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), its vice chairwoman, said Tuesday.

The revelation came toward the end of a hearing in which the committee zeroed in on the violent rhetoric and planning that flowed from a tweet by Trump weeks before Jan. 6 promising a “wild” protest. Rep. Jamie B. Raskin (D-Md.), one of the panel members leading Tuesday’s hearing, said what transpired was “openly homicidal.”

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Wow — Cheney says Trump tried to call a witness in the January 6 committee’s investigation after the last hearing. The witness alerted their lawyer, who alerted the committee, and the committee passed that info along to the DOJ. pic.twitter.com/2FzqWXxpiJ

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 12, 2022