In a statement, Cheney announced she accepted the position to achieve the aim of “conducting a non-partisan, professional, and thorough investigation of all the relevant facts regarding January 6th and the threat to our Constitution we faced that day.”
The presence of Cheney and fellow Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois on the committee has enraged some other Republicans. They were named to the panel by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi instead of by Republican Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, who pulled all his Republican recommendations after Pelosi blocked two of his picks from sitting on the panel. Seven other Democrats sit on the committee.
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Now Republicans are bristling at moves from the committee that signal it will ask Republican lawmakers' records from phone and social media companies.
McCarthy on Tuesday warned the companies if they turn over information, “a Republican majority will not forget and will be ready to hold them fully accountable under the law."
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Cheney seemed to react to McCarthy’s threat in her statement Tuesday.
“We owe it to the American people to investigate everything that led up to, and transpired on, January 6th,” Cheney announced. “We will not be deterred by threats or attempted obstruction and we will not rest until our task is complete.”
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As the committee turns its focus to former President Donald Trump and issues records demanding information from executive branch agencies and social media companies, Cheney and Kinzinger face requests to be removed from the House Republican Conference.
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Arizona Rep. Andy Biggs, chairman of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, and 16 other House Republicans addressed a letter to McCarthy on Thursday requesting him to bring up a conference rule change removing any member from the Republican conference "who accepts a committee assignment or serves on a committee without a recommendation to Conference of the Republican Steering committee or the Republican Leader," which would automatically remove Cheney and Kinzinger.
Cheney and Kinzinger are"two spies for the Democrats that we currently invite to the meetings, despite our inability to trust them," the letter charged.
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Her vice chairwoman position, yet, helps sustain Democratic assertions that the committee is bipartisan.
“It’s important to everyone that the Select Committee’s leadership reflects the bipartisan effort,” Mississippi Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson, chairman of the committee, announced in a statement Tuesday. “Representative Cheney has demonstrated again and again her commitment to getting answers about January 6th, ensuring accountability, and doing whatever it takes to protect democracy for the American people.”
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