False accusations will continue until this dirty political tactic is prosecuted
Patricia Anthone

Did Liz Cheney’s malicious actions on the “J6 Subcommittee” violate laws governing Congressional inquiries? There seems to be growing consensus that she did and should face charges for witness tampering.

In privately coaching the false testimony offered to the committee by Cassidy Hutchinson, she suborned perjury. As it was crafted to do, the sensational story went viral:

“Enraged President Trump lunged for the steering wheel when Secret Service drivers refused to drive him to the Capitol.”

Cassidy subsequently failed to identify the vehicle in which the event supposedly took place. The driver of President Trump’s vehicle then came forward to renounce the entire tale as a fabrication.

Even before we examine the specific statutes, Congressional rules, and ethical proscriptions applicable in this case, it is obvious that Cheney violated the most fundamental American principles by coaching a false story from a “witness” called before her committee.

This was no accidental overstep, not simply an incidental infraction of technicality. She purposely coached a false narrative in a malicious effort to support the preconceived determination of her committee’s “investigation.”

Liz Cheney’s actions are a manifestation of the inevitable decline of Constitutional order permitted by our previous reticence to prosecute the willful fabrication of damning and FALSE testimony.

The corrupted and degrading confirmation processes to which SCOTUS Justices Clarence Thomas (1991) and Brett Kavanaugh (2018) were subjected offer recent examples of salacious, unverifiable accusations being given center-stage by Leftists. Yet even these two confirmation processes, separated by 27 years, reveal marked degradation in Congressional standards and ethics.

While Clarence Thomas’ accuser was cross-examined and required to provide date/place/time details, Kavanaugh’s accuser was not. Christine Blasey Ford claimed to have forgotten the specific place or even the year in which the sordid events she tearfully described took place. This effectively granted her immunity from prosecution for perjury since her claims could neither be verified nor disproven.

The willingness to entertain “testimony” from a “witness” that offers no verifiable detail represented a new low in the ever-declining evidentiary standards for Congressional hearings. It should not surprise us that by 2022, in the absence of sufficient “damning evidence” sought by the so-called J6 Committee, such testimony would be solicited, coached, and staged by those advancing the effort to destroy Trump as a political adversary.

While the confirmations were ultimately made, and Trump was ultimately vindicated, the damage done was nevertheless severe.

We have permitted this tactic to become a regular feature of every attempt at Congressional inquiry, oversight, and confirmation. And because that is so, the credibility of Congressional oversight – a vital part of our government’s accountability to the citizens – has been eroded.

If we value having representation in Washington, we MUST take action to prosecute those who willfully damage the credibility and integrity of the Congressional body on which we depend for that representation.

 

Patricia (Tricia) Anthone has been an involved advocate of liberty in a number of volunteer capacities since 2013, including service to the Convention of States Project at multiple levels, the Colorado Chapter of the Republican Liberty Caucus, Colorado Freedom Force, Founder’s Keep, and her local Tea Party chapters. Tricia’s ongoing contribution to the cause of liberty has taken the form of writings which relate America’s founding principles to current events. “Being invited to join the America Out Loud team is a great honor and an opportunity to participate in the important work of restoring America’s foundation,” she says. Tricia is a wife, mother, and grandmother whose professional background has been in sales, marketing, and ad-supported publishing. She started and ran an ad-supported print publication for 30 years. She is now working with her husband’s project sales and management firm as the marketing director.

 

 

 

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