Former Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., pushed back Tuesday against the House GOP Jan. 6 Oversight subcommittee, calling its recommendation that she be criminally investigated for “witness tampering” a “cowardly assault on the truth.”

Rep. Barry Loudermilk, R-Ga., chair of the House Administration’s Oversight Subcommittee, released a 127-page report earlier on Tuesday alleging that Cheney “colluded with ‘star witness’ Cassidy Hutchinson.” Hutchinson, a former aide to Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, publicly testified before the House Jan. 6 Select Committee, which had been co-chaired by Cheney.

“Based on the evidence obtained by this Subcommittee, numerous federal laws were likely broken by Liz Cheney, the former Vice Chair of the January 6 Select Committee, and these violations should be investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation,” Loudermilk said on page 117. “Evidence uncovered by the Subcommittee revealed that former Congresswoman Liz Cheney tampered with at least one witness, Cassidy Hutchinson, by secretly communicating with Hutchinson without Hutchinson’s attorney’s knowledge.

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