{"id":2380359,"date":"2024-12-15T17:55:02","date_gmt":"2024-12-15T22:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-lee-ponders-if-liz-cheney-knew-of-jan-6-confidential-sources-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-12-15T17:57:02","modified_gmt":"2024-12-15T22:57:02","slug":"mike-lee-ponders-if-liz-cheney-knew-of-jan-6-confidential-sources-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-lee-ponders-if-liz-cheney-knew-of-jan-6-confidential-sources-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Lee ponders if Liz Cheney knew of Jan. 6 confidential sources &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/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%2Fmike-lee-ponders-if-liz-cheney-knew-of-jan-6-confidential-sources-washington-examiner%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=2380359&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>Senator \u200dMike\u200c Lee (R-UT) has\u200c raised concerns about whether \u2063former Representative Liz Cheney \u200cwas aware that the \u2064FBI had confidential\u200d sources present in Washington, D.C., during the January 6 Capitol \u200criot. \u200bHis remarks were in reference to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-nasa-administrator-makes-stunning-claim-about-alien-life\/\" title=\"Former NASA Administrator Makes Stunning Claim About Alien Life\">recently released report<\/a> from\u2064 Justice Department Inspector \u2063General Michael\u2064 Horowitz,\u200c which confirmed the \u2062presence of 26 undercover FBI sources during the events of that day. Lee expressed that it truly seems odd for Cheney, who was part of the January 6 investigative committee,\u200b to dismiss inquiries regarding these sources as nonsensical, especially given \u2062her access to \u2062pertinent information. he questioned her \u200dmotives for labeling those\u2063 who raised such questions as &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/id-rather-drink-weed-killer-sen-john-kennedy-announces-reelection-bid\/\" title=\"\u2018I\u2019d Rather Drink Weed Killer\u2019 \u2014 Sen. John Kennedy Announces Reelection Bid\">nut jobs<\/a>&#8221; and suggested that\u200c her behavior raises further questions about her \u2062knowledge of the situation at that time. Lee made these comments during an appearance\u200b on Fox News.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Mike Lee ponders if Liz Cheney knew of Jan. 6 confidential sources found in DOJ IG report<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1910906\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-lee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Mike Lee<\/a> (R-UT) questioned whether former Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/liz-cheney\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Liz Cheney<\/a> knew the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/fbi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">FBI<\/a> had confidential sources in Washington, D.C., on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/january-6\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">January 6, 2021<\/a>, suggesting it is &ldquo;very strange&rdquo; how she was rebuking anyone asking questions about them.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Lee was referencing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/virtually-nothing-signals-us-in-a-recession-wh-econ-adviser-says\/\" title=\"\u2018Virtually Nothing Signals\u2019 US In A Recession, WH Econ Adviser Says\">newly released report<\/a> from Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz, which confirmed that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3258901\/watchdog-reveals-fbi-had-26-undercover-sources-in-dc-during-jan-6-riot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">26 FBI sources were in Washington for the Jan. 6 Capitol riot<\/a>. The Utah senator contended this report confirmed &ldquo;what a lot of us wondered for a long time,&rdquo; and that he and others had legitimate reasons to ask about potential government assets on Jan. 6, despite Cheney and others chiding them as &ldquo;crazy&rdquo; for asking these questions.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;But what I do know is this: it&rsquo;s very strange that she would call people who were raising these questions nut jobs, nut cases, whatever it is that she wanted to say, when she herself, a member of this January 6th investigative committee, had access to a lot of information,&rdquo; Lee said on Fox News&rsquo;s <em>Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p>He added: &ldquo;This begs the question: did she know, in fact, that what Mr. Horowitz put out recently in the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">inspector general report<\/a>? Did she know this already? If so, why was she up there calling into question the sanity of anyone if even raising the question?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2727470&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=adf945a63602d1e49dd14111cddd34cd\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Lee was also asked whether or not Cheney could receive a preemptive pardon from President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Joe Biden<\/a>, to which he stated, &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know.&rdquo; The senator addressed the possibility of Cheney destroying evidence on the Jan. 6 committee and explained how there was &ldquo;a bunch of stuff missing&rdquo; once Republicans took the House majority in 2023, making him question what role Cheney and other Jan. 6 committee members could have potentially had.<\/p>\n<p>On X, Cheney deemed Lee &ldquo;a nutball conspiracy theorist&rdquo; for his questioning over how many protesters at the Capitol riot were &ldquo;feds.&rdquo; In a new post on the same platform, Lee wrote that the new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/secret-service-caught-off-guard-by-trumps-2020-walk-to-st-johns-church-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Secret Service caught off guard by Trump\u2019s 2020 walk to St. John\u2019s Church - Washington Examiner\">inspector general&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s report &ldquo;confirmed that I had good reasons to ask these questions,&rdquo; and that <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BasedMikeLee\/status\/1868159263614574710\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">he was &ldquo;ready to accept her apology&rdquo; if she were to give one<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Liz Cheney called me a &ldquo;nutball conspiracy theorist&rdquo; for asking questions about FBI&rsquo;s involvement on January 6th<\/p>\n<p>The DOJ Inspector General&rsquo;s report confirmed that I had good reasons to ask these questions, which Christopher Wray repeatedly dodged <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IQC10Saf1z\">https:\/\/t.co\/IQC10Saf1z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mike Lee (@BasedMikeLee) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BasedMikeLee\/status\/1868158958718042375?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 15, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ahead of Biden leaving office, Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3261139\/schiff-precedent-set-biden-preemptive-pardons\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">cautioned against granting preemptive pardons<\/a>, warning these could set a precedent that &ldquo;we don&rsquo;t want to set.&rdquo; He confirmed that he had communicated these concerns to the Biden administration both publicly and privately.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), meanwhile, has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3261167\/bernie-sanders-biden-should-seriously-consider-preventive-pardons\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">called for Biden to &ldquo;very seriously&rdquo; consider these pardons<\/a>, warning that Trump&rsquo;s threats to jail Jan. 6 committee members are &ldquo;what authoritarianism is all about.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1910906\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1910906\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mike Lee questions if Liz Cheney was aware of FBI sources on Jan. 6<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2380360,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Mike-Lee-Liz-Cheney-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[46676,32087,40143,35410,32076],"class_list":["post-2380359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-confidential-sources","tag-jan-6","tag-liz-cheney","tag-mike-lee","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Mike-Lee-Liz-Cheney-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2380359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2380359"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2380359\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2380363,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2380359\/revisions\/2380363"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2380360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2380359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2380359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2380359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}