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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Adam Gabbatt

Trump calls for Liz Cheney to be jailed for investigating him over Capitol attack

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Liz Cheney served as vice-chair of the January 6 committee, which concluded Trump had plotted to overturn his 2020 electoral defeat to Joe Biden. Photograph: J Scott Applewhite/AP

Donald Trump has renewed calls for Liz Cheney – his most prominent Republican critic – to be jailed for her role in investigating his actions during the January 6 Capitol attack launched by his supporters in 2021, a move that is bound to raise further fears that the former president could persecute his political opponents if given another White House term.

In posts on Sunday on his Truth Social platform, Trump said other members of the congressional committee that investigated the Capitol attack – and concluded he had plotted to overturn his 2020 electoral defeat to Joe Biden – should be imprisoned.

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