Liz Cheney Calls Out Tom Cotton For Criticizing Jan. 6 Hearings Without Watching Them

Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) on Monday known as out Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) over his criticisms of the Home Jan. 6 committee hearings throughout an interview wherein the senator admitted to not having watched any of the panel’s proceedings.

“Hey @SenTomCotton - heard you on @hughhewitt criticizing the Jan 6 hearings,” the panel’s vice chair wrote on Twitter. “Then you definitely stated the strangest factor; you admitted you hadn’t watched any of them.”

Hey @SenTomCotton - heard you on @hughhewitt criticizing the Jan 6 hearings.

Then you definitely stated the strangest factor; you admitted you hadn’t watched any of them.

Right here’s a tip: truly watching them earlier than rendering judgment is extra according to “Anglo-American jurisprudence.”

— Rep. Liz Cheney (@RepLizCheney) July 25, 2022

Cotton advised conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt he had solely watched excerpts from the hearings.

“I've not watched any of the hearings, so I’ve not seen any of them out of the context that I see a snippet right here or there on the information,” Cotton stated.

Cotton additionally took challenge with Home Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s choice to reject Reps. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and Jim Banks (R-Ind.) as committee members to — in her phrases — shield “the integrity of the investigation.”

“Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger, the 2 Republicans, clearly share the views of the Democrats with reference to the committee’s inquiry,” Cotton stated of the Republicans on the Jan. 6 committee. “Should you had somebody like Jim Jordan or Jim Banks on there, not solely would they be aware about all the data, however they might be probing that info and probing witnesses to attempt to get at fact, which is once more what the Anglo-American authorized system has completed for hundreds of years.”

Cheney hit again citing Cotton’s personal disclosure he hasn’t truly watched any of the panel’s hearings.

“Right here’s a tip: truly watching them earlier than rendering judgment is extra according to ‘Anglo-American jurisprudence,’” Cheney wrote.

Whereas the committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot has wrapped up its summer time hearings, it has indicated its investigation is way from over.

Committee member Rep. Elaine Luria (D-Va.) tweeted a video Monday exhibiting former President Donald Trump refused to say the Capitol rioters didn't “symbolize” him within the aftermath of the rebellion.