Rep. Liz Cheney immediately took shots at former President Donald Trump in her opening statement at the Jan. 6 committee’s prime-time TV hearing on Thursday.
She accused those who participated in the 2021 Capitol riot of being purposely led by Mr. Trump and his false election claims into a frenzied attack on American democracy.
“President Trump summoned the mob, assembled the mob, and lit the fuse of this attack,” said Ms. Cheney of Wyoming, who has emerged as the most vocal anti-Trump Republican in Congress.
Ms. Cheney, who serves as the committee’s vice-chair, said that she believed the riot was a broad and well-organized “conspiracy.