The House Administration’s Oversight Subcommittee on Tuesday released a damning interim report on its findings regarding the January 6, 2021 riot, and the politicization of the partisan January 6th Select Committee.
The 128-page report concludes that former Trump White House aide and J6 star witness Cassidy Hutchinson made a number of false claims and that the Select Committee knew that her outrageous claims were false when they publicly promoted her.
In a press release, Oversight Admin. Chairman Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.) recommended an investigation into former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wy.) for “potential criminal witness tampering based on the new information about her communication.”
Loudermilk accused Cheney of colluding with then-media darling Hutchinson without her attorney’s knowledge.
Hutchinson had falsely testified that President Trump was aware that his supporters had weapons on the morning of January 6 but didn’t care because they weren’t there to hurt him.
She also falsely claimed that Trump tried to seize the wheel and lunged at his former security detail when the Secret Service would not drive him to join protesters at the Capitol.
Loudermilk’s report concludes:
• President Trump did not attack his Secret Service Detail at any time on January 6.
• President Trump did not have intelligence indicating violence on the morning of January 6.
• Cassidy Hutchinson falsely claimed to have drafted a handwritten note for President Trump on January 6.
• Representative Cheney and Cassidy Hutchinson baselessly attempted to disbar Hutchinson’s former attorney.
Loudermilk’s report accuses Cheney of “using the January 6 Select Committee as a tool to attack President Trump, at the cost of investigative integrity and Capitol security.”
The report also concludes that the partisan January 6 Select Committee “was improperly constituted and lacked authority,” and “neglected or withheld evidence from its Final Report.” Even worse, the report found that the committee “deleted voluminous records it should have preserved.”
The report goes on to accuse the Department of Defense of “scapegoating” the Washington D.C. National Guard in an effort to distract blame from senior leadership.
• Acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller dismissed President Trump’s order prior to January 6 to use “any and all” military assets to keep the demonstrations safe.
• Secretary of the Army Ryan McCarthy intentionally delayed the D.C. National Guard’s response to the Capitol on January 6, despite authorization.
• The Department of Defense Inspector General published a flawed report containing fabrications and ignored relevant information.
• The Department of Defense and the Department of Defense Inspector General knowingly and inaccurately placed blame on D.C. National Guard leadership for the delayed response on January 6.
• The Department of Defense Inspector General was not responsive to the Subcommittee’s requests and even obstructed the Subcommittee’s investigation.
• The Subcommittee detected an inappropriately close relationship between the Department of Defense and its watchdog Inspector General.
Tellingly, the report notes that both the FBI and Capitol Police failed to investigate the individuals responsible for the fake and suspicious gallows that appeared on Capitol grounds ahead of the J6 riot.
The Subcommittee has also conducted “an extensive review of the investigation of the two pipe bombs” that were found on Jan. 5 and Jan. 6, 2021, and that report is set to be released within the next few days.