January 6th Committee Vice Chair Representative Liz Cheney, a Republican from Wyoming, said that the Committee may decide to make a series of criminal referrals to the Department of Justice. The Committee is investigating what occurred on the fateful day that an insurrection occurred at the Capitol in an attempt to stop the peaceful transfer of power on January 6th, 2021.
CHENEY: “We’ve received new witness testimony including about efforts to obstruct our investigation and conceal key facts. And according to public reporting, the Department of Justice has been very active in pursuing many of the issues identified in our prior hearings. Our committee may ultimately decide to make a series of criminal referrals to the Department of Justice, but we recognize that our role is not to make decisions regarding prosecution. The preamble to our constitution recites among its purposes to quote “establish justice.” In our nation's Judiciary and our US Department of Justice have that responsibility.”
