Echoing President Donald Trump, Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) claimed on Sunday that the texts between former FBI officials Peter Strzok and Lisa Page “could well be treason.”
Cheney, the third-top ranking House Republican as House Republican Conference Chair, appeared on ABC’s “This Week” to defend Trump’s decision to allow Attorney General Bill Barr to declassify all materials regarding the Russia probe.
She pointed at Strzok and Page’s anti-Trump texts to bolster Trump’s bombastic claim of “treason” at the FBI.
“In my view, when you have people that are in the highest echelons of the law enforcement of this nation saying things like that, that sounds an awful lot like a coup and it could well be treason,” said Cheney.
“We need to know what was Jim Comey’s role in all of this,” the congresswoman added. “These people reported to him. Andy McCabe reported to him. What was Comey’s role in that? And that is what the attorney general is going to be focused on.”
Her claims hewed close to Trump’s direct accusation last week that ex-FBI director James Comey, ex-FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe, Strzok, and Page had all committed treason against him while they were working at the bureau.
Watch Cheney below:
Top GOPer Rep. Liz Cheney says Strzok-Page texts “could well be treason” pic.twitter.com/5zRcHvp3qf
— TPM Livewire (@TPMLiveWire) May 26, 2019
What do you call it when a person cooperates with a foreign government that is an enemy of the US?
These people seem to misunderstand what treason is. That may be why they commit the deed so cheaply.
A family intimately familiar with the concept
They are so bereft of any ideas, any initiatives, or any agendas that they are hanging onto this for dear life, knowing there’s nothing there, and everyone knows it’s solely for the benefit of Fox News viewers. I’m somewhat consoled in their desperation. This is preaching to the choir 1000 percent.
I expect this kind of crap from Lynn Cheney…
But Strzok and Page should demand an immediate apology and retraction from ABC news, for allowing this kind of slander to appear unopposed on their airwaves.