Cheney Debunks Trump's Claims of Evidence Destruction and Rejected Troop Offer
All materials from the January 6 committee are available, and Trump's claim of Pelosi rejecting 10,000 troops has been proven false.
- Former President Donald Trump has accused former GOP Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney of destroying evidence related to the Jan. 6 Capitol riots, which he claims has greatly affected the work of his defense team.
- Trump's accusations include claims that Cheney and House Democrats supposedly deleted records relating to the attack, and also repeated a debunked claim that then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi declined an offer of 10,000 National Guard troops to guard the capitol on the day of the riot.
- Cheney, who co-chaired the House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack, has publicly debunked Trump's claims, stating that all of the committee's materials and documents are still available in the House archive and none of the committee's materials have been withheld from Trump's legal team.
- Cheney also stated that Department of Justice special counsel Jack Smith has furnished Trump's legal team with all available documents as part of the discovery process, and those materials have been in Trump's possession for months.
- Trump's claim about Pelosi rejecting 10,000 National Guard troops has been proven false by multiple sources, including the Washington Post.