By Steve Neavling
Liz Cheney, the vice chair of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riots, said it’s possible that the panel could make a criminal referral to the Justice Department against former President Donald Trump.
“It’s a decision that we’ll make together as a committee,” Cheney, R-Wyo., said in an interview with ABC News’ “This Week” on Sunday.
But, she acknowledged, it would be “difficult” to prosecute a former president in a sharply divided country.
If charges are warranted, Cheney said, it would be a “much graver constitutional threat” to choose not to prosecute Trump.
Cheney said the committee will decide whether to make a criminal referral.
“The Justice Department doesn’t have to wait for the committee to make a criminal referral, and there could be more than one criminal referral,” she added.
