Cheney, who sits on the Jan. 6 House select committee, responded by saying she believes Trump has “gone to war with the rule of law”:
He continues to suggest that the violence on Jan. 6 was justified. When he says Nov. 3 was the insurrection and Jan. 6 was a protest, what he is doing is continuing to undermine our electoral process. You know, he’s gone to war with the rule of law. And I think that’s also really important for people to understand. We had over 60 state and federal courts that heard his claims. Many of them were Trump judges. They heard the evidence in many of those cases, and they rejected them. and The president of the United States has got fundamental constitutional responsibility to ensure that the laws are faithfully executed. And that is what Donald Trump failed to do.
Later in the interview, Baier asked Cheney what the goal of her committee ultimately is.
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“We have several goals. One is obviously the legislative purpose that I have mentioned, the extent to which there may be legislation or enhanced penalties, for example that we need look at to make sure this never happens again,” she said. “We also need to ensure the American people know the truth. That the American people understand minute by minute.”
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