Former Wyoming Republican Rep. Liz Cheney’s new book has dropped, and already it is turning heads with fiery accusations.
According to reports last week, Cheney alleged that she had a heated clash with fellow GOP Rep. Jim Jordan as the Capitol Building riot was taking place and after she and other members of Congress were evacuated.
As protesters smashed windows and broke into the building, Cheney said the House sergeant-at-arms told members to prepare to hide under chairs if necessary, the Washington Examiner reported.
“Jim Jordan approached me,” Cheney wrote, according to a copy sent to CNN. “‘We need to get the ladies off the aisle,’ he said and put out his hand. ‘Let me help you.’”
“I swatted his hand away. ‘Get away from me. You f***ing did this,’” Cheney claimed she responded in her book, “Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning.”
Several other media outlets also received a copy of the book, the report said. It is scheduled to be published next week. A spokesman for Jordan denied the incident took place.
“Jordan spoke with former President Donald Trump the morning of the attack, previously discussing plans to object to the 2020 election results with the former president, according to White House records obtained by the Democratic-led House committee that investigated the attack,” the Examiner reported.
Trump was impeached a second time days after the riot occurred. Jordan did not vote to impeach. The GOP-controlled Senate twice failed to convict Trump.
Last month, Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee roasted Cheney after never-before-seen footage from the Capitol riot was released.
Some of the video from January 6 shows Capitol Police officers guiding one man in handcuffs to a private area where they remove his handcuffs, they fist bump, and he leaves.
In response to that video being leaked, Cheney showed footage of the riot, leading Lee to respond.
“Liz, we’ve seen footage like that a million times. You made sure we saw that—and nothing else. It’s the other stuff—what you deliberately hid from us—that we find so upsetting. Nice try. P.S. How many of these guys are feds? (As if you’d ever tell us),” he said.
Liz, we’ve seen footage like that a million times.
You made sure we saw that—and nothing else.
It’s the other stuff—what you deliberately hid from us—that we find so upsetting.
Nice try.
P.S. How many of these guys are feds? (As if you’d ever tell us). https://t.co/FryO0VdLdP
— Mike Lee (@BasedMikeLee) November 18, 2023
“Hey @BasedMikeLee – heads up. A nutball conspiracy theorist appears to be posting from your account,” Cheney replied.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) stuck by a promise he made to release nearly all of the video surveillance footage from the day of the Jan. 6, 2021, riot.
“When I ran for Speaker, I promised to make accessible to the American people the 44,000 hours of video from Capitol Hill security taken on January 6, 2021. Truth and transparency are critical. Today, we will begin immediately posting video on a public website and move as quickly as possible to add to the website nearly all of the footage, more than 40,000 hours,” Johnson noted in an X post.
“In the meantime, a public viewing room will ensure that every citizen can view every minute of the videos uncensored,” he continued.
The faces of private citizens will be blurred to ensure that no one is “targeted for retaliation of any kind,” his office noted, per the UK’s Daily Mail. He added that about 5 percent of the footage would not be released to protect sensitive security information.
“I commend Chairman Loudermilk and his team for their diligent work to ensure the thousands of hours of videos are promptly processed to be uploaded to the committee’s public website,” Johnson noted further on the X platform.
“Processing will involve blurring the faces of private citizens on the yet unreleased tapes to avoid any persons from being targeted for retaliation of any kind and segregating an estimated 5% of the videos that may involve sensitive security information related to the building architecture,” he said.
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