{"id":2385896,"date":"2025-01-03T05:10:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-03T10:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cheney-should-be-investigated-for-her-corruption-not-rewarded\/"},"modified":"2025-01-03T05:12:02","modified_gmt":"2025-01-03T10:12:02","slug":"cheney-should-be-investigated-for-her-corruption-not-rewarded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cheney-should-be-investigated-for-her-corruption-not-rewarded\/","title":{"rendered":"Cheney Should Be Investigated For Her Corruption, Not Rewarded"},"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\">18<\/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%2Fcheney-should-be-investigated-for-her-corruption-not-rewarded%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=2385896&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>President\u2062 Joe \u200bbiden awarded the Presidential Citizens Medal to former Congresswoman liz Cheney and Rep. Bennie Thompson for their roles in the now-disbanded\u2064 Jan.6 \u200cSelect committee, which\u2063 aimed to investigate \u200dthe Capitol riots and donald Trump&#8217;s actions surrounding them. \u200dThis honor, which is highly prestigious,\u2063 comes amid Biden&#8217;s criticism\u200b of the Justice \u2062Department for not\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/loudoun-sheriff-closes-probe-into-anti-racist-group-asking-someone-to-hack-is-not-illegal\/\" title=\"Loudoun Sheriff Closes Probe Into \u2018Anti-Racist\u2019 Group: \u2018Asking Someone To Hack Is Not Illegal\u2019\">pursuing criminal charges<\/a> against \u2064political \u2063opponents more aggressively.<\/p>\n<p>The article highlights a controversial history of both \u200bCheney \u2064and Thompson,\u2062 noting that \u2062Thompson \u200dpreviously objected to the 2004 presidential election results\u2063 and drawing parallels with Democratic objections\u2064 in 2016 that did not lead to criminal charges.Furthermore, it discusses ongoing political narratives,\u200b including House Republicans&#8217;\u2063 own examination into the Capitol riots, which accused Cheney of potential witness tampering related to her collaboration with ex-White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson.The piece also addresses \u200cclaims made by Hutchinson during her testimony, \u2062which where disputed \u200dafter the fact, casting doubt on the credibility of the Jan. 6 Committee&#8217;s findings.  <\/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<div>\n<p>President Joe Biden rewarded disgraced ex-Wyoming Congresswoman Liz Cheney with one of the nation&rsquo;s highest civilian honors on Thursday for her work undermining democracy through the illegally established and since-disbanded Jan. 6 Select Committee.<\/p>\n<p>After sources close to Biden recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2024\/12\/28\/bidens-lonely-battle-to-sell-american-democracy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told<\/a> The Washington Post he regretted that the Justice Department (DOJ) did not move more aggressively to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">jail top political opponents<\/a>, Biden awarded Cheney the Presidential Citizens Medal. He also gave the medal to Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., who chaired the House probe. The Presidential Citizens Medal is second only to the Presidential Medal of Freedom in prestige.<\/p>\n<p>Fox News contributor Guy Benson <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/guypbenson\/status\/1874866656310345808\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reminded<\/a> followers on X that Thompson, the long-time Mississippi lawmaker, &ldquo;refused to certify George W. Bush&rsquo;s 2004 victory in Ohio.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">(For reference, Bennie Thompson refused to certify George W. Bush&rsquo;s 2004 victory in Ohio). <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZOV6CFICGS\">https:\/\/t.co\/ZOV6CFICGS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Guy Benson (@guypbenson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/guypbenson\/status\/1874866656310345808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 2, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>According to Newsweek, Democrats also objected to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/fact-check-did-democrats-object-more-states-2016-republicans-2020-1561407\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">more states<\/a>&nbsp;in the 2016 election than Republicans did in 2020, but none faced criminal charges. Democrats on the Jan. 6 panel, however, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/live-updates\/jan-6-hearings-committee-criminal-referrals-trump-final-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">referred<\/a> Trump to the Justice Department for criminal prosecution and <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/10\/29\/bannon-released-from-prison-warns-of-impending-election-steal\/\">successfully incarcerated<\/a> former Trump advisers Steve Bannon and Peter Navarro for their refusal to comply with requests from the partisan probe.<\/p>\n<p>House Republicans who ran their own investigation into the Capitol riot and the ensuing <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/12\/17\/house-republicans-expose-j6-committees-lies-cover-ups-scandals-in-new-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cover-up<\/a> for then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi&rsquo;s refusal to deploy the National Guard issued an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-house-republicans-demand-briefing-on-cia-interference-in-biden-probe\/\" title=\"Exclusive: House Republicans Request CIA Briefing on Alleged Interference in Biden Investigation\">additional criminal referral<\/a> from the Jan. 6 saga last month. The House Administration Subcommittee on Oversight, led by Georgia Republican Barry Loudermilk, <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/12\/18\/house-republicans-refer-liz-cheney-for-federal-criminal-investigation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">recommended<\/a> that Cheney face a criminal probe from DOJ investigators for &ldquo;witness tampering.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>As members of Pelosi&rsquo;s panel became desperate to dramatize the Jan. 6 hearings in the midterm election year, Cheney started coordinating with ex-White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson using the encrypted Signal app to circumvent Hutchinson&rsquo;s attorney, Stefan Passantino. Hutchinson suddenly went from a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-report-refers-liz-cheney-for-federal-criminal-investigation\/\" title=\"GOP Report Refers Liz Cheney For Federal Criminal Investigation\">benign fact-witness<\/a> without much to offer Jan. 6 investigators to the committee&rsquo;s breakout star, offering outlandish testimony about then-President Trump attempting to violently hijack a vehicle from his Secret Service detail so he could personally riot at the Capitol. Hutchinson&rsquo;s blockbuster claims were immediately <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/06\/30\/if-the-jan-6-committee-is-into-investigating-unbelievable-stories-it-should-probe-trumps-gorilla-channel-next\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">discredited<\/a> by her own sources following her appearance on Capitol Hill and were further undermined in Loudermilk&rsquo;s nearly 130-page <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/12\/17\/house-republicans-expose-j6-committees-lies-cover-ups-scandals-in-new-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">review<\/a> of the panel&rsquo;s work, which was published in December.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It is noteworthy that the drastic change in Hutchinson&rsquo;s story occurred after Representative Cheney directed Hutchinson to fire her attorney and hire counsel that Representative Cheney suggested,&rdquo; Loudermilk&rsquo;s report read. &ldquo;Hutchinson did not think this incident was worth mentioning during the first two interviews, nor in conversation with her attorney, nor in conversation with her closest friends.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>As Hutchinson prepared to testify, Cheney&rsquo;s committee targeted Passantino with an operation attempting to strip him of his law license over claims he coached Hutchinson to lie. Passantino was <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/11\/27\/cnn-wont-explain-why-it-omitted-exculpatory-evidence-from-hit-piece-on-trump-attorney-who-advised-cassidy-hutchinson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cleared<\/a> of any misconduct following multiple investigations from ethics watchdogs and has filed multiple lawsuits of his own against the perpetrators. His&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/aflegal.org\/america-first-legal-files-bar-complaint-on-behalf-of-stefan-passantino-against-former-congresswoman-liz-cheney-for-secret-communications-with-j6-committee-witness-cassidy-hutchinson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">complaint<\/a>&nbsp;against Cheney and a $<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ajc.com\/politics\/georgia-attorney-seeks-damages-from-jan-6-committee\/34NKPY2QIVCMTOCDCHP4ZL3BII\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">67 million<\/a>&nbsp;lawsuit against the federal government are now the last remaining open opportunities for court discovery into the ex-Wyoming lawmaker&rsquo;s conduct.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cha.house.gov\/_cache\/files\/6\/d\/6dae7b82-7683-4f56-a177-ba98695e600d\/145DD5A70E967DEEC1F511764D3E6FA1.final-interim-report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Investigators<\/a> on Loudermilk&rsquo;s team highlighted the &ldquo;irony&rdquo; of Cheney facing potential charges over witness interference after she &ldquo;spoke out forcefully against individuals who endeavored to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-judge-dismisses-lawsuit-seeking-release-of-epstein-documents-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"New York judge dismisses lawsuit seeking release of Epstein documents - Washington Examiner\">influence witness testimony<\/a> in the Select Committee.&rdquo; When Hutchinson had finished her public testimony, Cheney closed the hearing with threats against anyone who seeks to manipulate witnesses. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We will take any effort to influence witness testimony very seriously,&rdquo; Cheney said. The next day, in comments highlighted in Loudermilk&rsquo;s report, the Jan. 6 Committee vice chair told ABC News that her panel would &ldquo;make a criminal referral to the Justice Department, recommending that anybody attempting to influence witness testimony before the [Select] Committee be prosecuted for witness tampering.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Loudermilk&rsquo;s report characterized Cheney&rsquo;s remarks as another textbook example of projection.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Whether lacking in self-awareness or to obfuscate her own furtive behavior, it is consistent with the Select Committee&rsquo;s practice of lodging accusations against President Trump and those associated with him as if those accusations are fact, when the Select Committee itself was engaged in the very behavior it had accused of President Trump,&rdquo; the report said. <\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Tristan Justice is a national correspondent for The Federalist and the co-author of &#8220;Fat and Unhappy: How &#8216;Body Positivity&#8217; Is Killing Us (and How to Save Yourself).&#8221; 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. Follow him on Twitter at @JusticeTristan or contact him at Tristan@thefederalist.com. Sign up for Tristan&#8217;s email newsletter <a href=\"https:\/\/socialjusticeredux.substack.com\/about\">here<\/a>. Buy &#8220;Fat and Unhappy&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sz7EDAJI1c\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biden honored Liz Cheney with a top civilian award for her role in the Jan. 6 Committee<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":494,"featured_media":2385897,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Cheney-Biden.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[8049,3726,8773,3976],"class_list":["post-2385896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-accountability","tag-cheney","tag-corruption","tag-investigation"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Cheney-Biden.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2385896","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\/494"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2385896"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2385896\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2385900,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2385896\/revisions\/2385900"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2385897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2385896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2385896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2385896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}