Liz Cheney Refuses to Rule Out the Jan. 6 Committee Taking Live Testimony From Trump During Chuck Todd Interview

U.S. Congresswoman Liz Cheney (R-WY) told NBC’s Chuck Todd on “Meet the Press” that the House Jan. 6 Select Committee won’t rule out taking live testimony from former President Donald Trump.

As we previously reported, Trump “loves” the idea of testifying before the committee, but only if he can do so live.

That report surfaced after the committee voted unanimously in favor of subpoenaing Trump to testify in front of them.

Todd asked Cheney today if the committee was open to Trump’s “behind the scenes offer” to testify before it on live television.

Cheney responded, “The committee treats this matter with great seriousness. We are going to proceed in terms of the questioning of the former president under oath.”

“It may take multiple days. And it will be done with a level of rigor and discipline and seriousness that it deserves,” Cheney insisted.

Cheney then “We are not going to allow the former president to turn this into a circus, this isn’t going to be his first debate against Joe Biden and the circus and food fight that became.”

“This is far too serious set of issues. And we’ve made clear exactly what his obligations are. And we are proceeding with, with that set out,” Cheney added.

Todd then asked if there was time if the committee didn’t get “cooperation” from Trump and Cheney warned that they would explore all options to get him to comply.

Did someone put giggles in my coffee? Why was I shaking my head laughing as I was typing this headline? This is clearly NOT funny! – Liz Cheney: Trump Testifying Live Before Jan. 6th Committee ‘Too Serious’ to Turn Into Circus pic.twitter.com/TQ3qLdUgdf

— Alexandra Datig | Front Page Index 🇺🇸 (@alexdatig) October 23, 2022

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