Overview

• A Republican-led House subcommittee released a report recommending an FBI investigation into former Rep. Liz Cheney for alleged witness tampering during the Jan. 6 committee's work.
• The report claims Cheney influenced Cassidy Hutchinson, a key witness, to change legal representation and provide damaging testimony against Donald Trump.
• Legal experts argue that constitutional protections, such as the speech or debate clause, make any investigation into Cheney unlikely to succeed.
• Donald Trump has publicly supported the report's findings, continuing his pattern of targeting political adversaries, including Cheney, Nancy Pelosi, and others involved in the Jan. 6 investigation.
• Cheney has dismissed the accusations as baseless and defamatory, asserting that they are an attempt to deflect from Trump's actions on Jan. 6.