{"id":1615119,"date":"2022-08-18T16:46:51","date_gmt":"2022-08-18T20:46:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1615119"},"modified":"2022-08-18T16:47:37","modified_gmt":"2022-08-18T20:47:37","slug":"top-cheney-lieutenant-on-j6-committee-seeks-to-sabotage-gop-chances-in-missouri-with-independent-senate-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-cheney-lieutenant-on-j6-committee-seeks-to-sabotage-gop-chances-in-missouri-with-independent-senate-run\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Cheney Lieutenant On J6 Committee Seeks To Sabotage GOP Chances In Missouri With Independent Senate Run"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftop-cheney-lieutenant-on-j6-committee-seeks-to-sabotage-gop-chances-in-missouri-with-independent-senate-run%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1615119&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former U.S. Attorney John Wood <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/john-f-wood-senate-missouri-former-jan-6-panel-investigator\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">stepped down<\/a> as lead investigator for the House Select Committee on Jan. 6 this summer to launch an independent Senate bid in Missouri. <\/p>\n<p>Last week, Wood <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kansascity.com\/news\/politics-government\/article264383536.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told<\/a> the Kansas City Star it was the candidacy of former Gov. Eric Greitens leading the GOP primary that motivated his third-party run for the open seat left vacant by retiring Republican Sen. Roy Blunt. Wood, however, will stay in the race after Greitens\u2019 political comeback was derailed by Republican Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt, who captured the GOP Senate nomination earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat equation is taken out of it, but the message that I have is really the same,\u201d Wood told the local paper. \u201cI think aside from those personal flaws of Greitens, I don\u2019t really see much difference between Schmidt and Greitens. They\u2019re both on embracing the extreme divisive rhetoric and symbolism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Greitens, who resigned the governorship in 2018 after accusations surfaced of sexual misconduct, failed to earn more than 19 percent of the vote in the Aug. 2 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/2022-live-primary-election-race-results\/2022\/08\/02\/1115272553\/schmitt-greitens-hartzler-missouri-republican-senate-primary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">primary<\/a>. Schmitt won the Republican contest with more than 45 percent, and U.S. Rep. Vicky Hartzler came in second with just more than 22 percent. <\/p>\n<p>Until late June, Wood <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/09\/20\/cheney-family-bff-tapped-as-top-investigator-on-cheneys-january-6-committee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">served<\/a> as a chief legal adviser to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi\u2019s committee to persecute political dissidents ostensibly established to investigate the Capitol riot. Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, who <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/08\/18\/analysis-if-not-for-democrat-voters-cheneys-loss-would-have-been-even-more-devastating\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">overwhelmingly lost<\/a> her re-election bid to Trump-backed attorney Harriet Hageman on Tuesday, is vice chair of the House panel. Wood is a close friend of the Cheney family and formerly worked in the second Bush administration with stints at the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).<\/p>\n<p>Schmitt has been a critic of the Jan. 6 Committee, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Eric_Schmitt\/status\/1534984898645311497?s=20&#038;t=fFMk2W_on0whqYq3WWG0Cg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">calling<\/a> the panel\u2019s show trial presentations in June a \u201cjoke\u201d serving as an \u201cintentional distraction from Joe Biden\u2019s failures.\u201d<\/p>\n[<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/08\/11\/exclusive-missouri-ag-sends-letter-to-irs-demanding-army-of-new-agents-back-off\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">RELATED: Missouri AG Sends Letter To IRS Demanding Army Of New Agents Back Off<\/a>]\n<p>At DHS, Wood worked as chief of staff to Secretary Michael Chertoff. In 2016, Chertoff <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/4516790\/michael-chertoff-hillary-clinton-donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">endorsed<\/a> former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and has remained a reliable NeverTrumper with a follow-up <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/dhs-official-blasts-trump-endorses-biden\/story?id=72429184\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">endorsement<\/a> of President Joe Biden two years ago. The Republican Party, Chertoff claimed, had been \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NKKiQJ154_E\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hijacked.<\/a>\u201d While Wood worked for Chertoff, Cheney\u2019s husband, Philip Perry, was the department\u2019s general counsel. <\/p>\n<p>Wood\u2019s Senate campaign is now being financed by another alumnus of the Bush administration, former Missouri Sen. John Danforth, who was President Bush\u2019s ambassador to the United Nations between 2004 and 2005. In July, Danforth\u2019s super PAC <a href=\"https:\/\/missouriindependent.com\/2022\/07\/20\/danforth-pac-backing-independent-senate-candidate-in-missouri-adds-750k-to-tv-ad-buy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">launched<\/a> a $750,000 dollar ad blitz and announced plans to raise anywhere from $20 to $40 million for the fall campaign. <\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p>\n  Tristan Justice is the western correspondent for The Federalist. He has also written for The Washington Examiner and The Daily Signal. His work has also been featured in Real Clear Politics and Fox News. Tristan graduated from George Washington University where he majored in political science and minored in journalism. 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