The Wyoming Republican, who lost her leadership post over her criticism of Donald Trump, is joining the Capitol riot investigation that she crossed the aisle to back.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi has chosen GOP Rep. Liz Cheney to join the Democrat-led investigation of the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, a rare cross-aisle elevation of one of Donald Trump’s most prominent conservative critics.
The select committee on the insurrection will be led by Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), who had previously crafted a bipartisan plan to establish an outside commission to lead the probe into the Jan. 6 violence. After Senate Republicans blocked the investigation, leading Pelosi and her Democrats to establish their own panel, which won just two Republicans on the floor on Wednesday.
Cheney, one of only two GOP votes for the select panel, has already seen her leadership credentials revoked after she publicly blamed Trump for inciting violence at the Capitol. Now, she could face more repercussions for accepting Pelosi’s appointment, with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy privately warning some GOP members that they could lose their committee assignments if they serve on the panel at Pelosi’s request, according to multiple Republican sources.
McCarthy said Thursday he is “not making any threats” about committee placement but added that he knows of no cases where a Republican “would get their assignments from the speaker.”
“I was shocked that she would accept something from Speaker Pelosi,” he said of Cheney, adding she might be closer to Pelosi “than us.”
Cheney was unfazed following a meeting in Pelosi’s office with the other select panel members. She signaled she had not talked with McCarthy or been told she would lose her committee assignment.
“It’s very clear to me, as I’ve said, my oath and my duty is above partisanship and I expect Leader McCarthy to have the same view,” she said.
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One of Dems' seats on the Jan. 6 committee will go to a Republican: Liz Cheney https://t.co/QIpX8JeQS7
— POLITICO (@politico) July 1, 2021
Other members Pelosi named to the panel include:
Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.)
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.)
Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.)
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.)
Rep. Pete Aguilar (D-Calif.)
Rep. Stephanie Murphy (D-Fla.)
Rep. Elaine Luria (D-Va.) https://t.co/QIpX8JeQS7— POLITICO (@politico) July 1, 2021
As she should be. https://t.co/cWYb5arCs6
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) July 1, 2021
“Who gives a shit?” Kinzinger told reporters, per @AnnieGrayerCNN, when asked about McCarthy’s threat that members who accept any Pelosi request to serve on Jan. 6 select committee will lose rest of their committee slots
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) July 1, 2021
McCarthy "shocked" Cheney accepted Jan. 6 panel assignment from Pelosi https://t.co/hMqMv0vWie pic.twitter.com/hS1wECQZmh
— The Hill (@thehill) July 2, 2021
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