I think the committee knows who tampered with witnesses. This is big.

[fightforfreedom]

Cheney is saying they may send criminal referrals to The DOJ. The traitors are committing more crimes trying to protect themselves. That never ends well.

[CentralMass]

1. I appreciate your optimism.

[getagrip_already]

14. This is the kind of thing the doj would pursue....

It's likely some outside third party, not an insider who sent the texts. Maybe even a lawyer, or possibly, a congressional staffer.

While the doj is struggling with a lack of spine when it comes to family and close insiders, they seem willing to charge outsiders and small players.

This may get picked up if the house refers it.

[LiberalFighter]

16. I figure it is more higher up

And should be easy to break when they understand they won't get a pardon.

[gratuitous]

2. The committee has delivered on its previews

The committee has not overpromised its testimony and evidence and they've been very scrupulous about following through. This mention of witness tampering wouldn't have gone public if they didn't have the goods.

People who have yoked their defense counsel to the former guy's attorneys should take a hard look at Hutchinson's testimony this week and ask themselves if what's best for the former guy is what's best for them. Before they walk into the thresher blades, that is. Because once the former guy decides to sell you out (and he will), you'll find the advice you're getting from your bought-and-paid-for-by-the-former-guy attorney aligns with his interests rather than yours.

[triron]

5. Yes you're so right

Don't like waiting until mid July for another hearing.

[calimary]

18. Well, if it's any consolation, July starts tomorrow.

[Novara]

3. Oh, I am absolutely sure they have the receipts

It isn't a coincidence that they ended Tuesday's hearing with witness tampering. That's a preview of what's to come. Cheney specifically said she wasn't going to name the individuals when she read the messages Tuesday but be certain she knows exactly who they are.

[Deep State Witch]

4. Gotta Be

Roger Stone. This is just the kind of thing that he would do.

[JCMach1]

6. Liz wasn't playing... She was putting them on notice the end of the last hearing

She may not be my ideology, but she's a savage for democracy...

[KarenS]

8. I like that,,,, savage for democracy. n/t

[brush]

12. She's a warrior all right, a throwback to old school repubs who Dems...

could cut deals with.

[meadowlander]

7. Of course they do. They were redacting their names from the statements they read.

[usonian]

9. The cover-up always exceeds the crime, is more transparent, and backfires. nt

[Emile]

10. Many times the coverup is worse than the crime.

[H2O Man]

11. Recommended.

I agree.

[FakeNoose]

13. Well if the texts were sent to Cassidy, and I believe they were

... all they needed to do was look on her phone or her emails.

If other witnesses have shared their phones and emails, probably (I'm sure) there's a pattern to the threats.

Liz Cheney is right to mention it, because now they know they've already been caught.

[Pinback]

21. It's possible to spoof the sending #

but the intimidation is stronger if the recipient knows who it’s coming from. So maybe they didn’t try to obfuscate the sender’s identity.

Also, of course, these doofuses are both over-confident and technologically inept, so there’s that.

Will be most interesting to see how this plays out. Great job of foreshadowing by the committee.

[FakeNoose]

23. Yes but we already know that Mark Meadows (her former boss) sent them

When I posted this comment, it hadn't been announced yet.

[ashredux]

15. OK ladies and gentlemen, it's time to play Let's Make A Deal!!!

[czarjak]

17. Fakers claiming fake news playing the long-game?

[dflprincess]

19. I think we all know who tampered with the witnesses. Nt

[Captain Zero]

20. It's 20 YEARS IN PRISON IF convicted!

Even for the 'corrupt persuasion' type.

Next up. Jury Tampering. You know he will.

[scipan]

22. Meadows and Trump aides: Politico

Meadows is the person whose name was redacted in that slide. Contents of that final deposition were described to POLITICO, which could not independently corroborate the identity of the intermediary or that Meadows directed any message be delivered to Hutchinson before her second deposition.

The other slide the Capitol riot committee unveiled at the end of its hearing with Hutchinson this week quoted an unnamed witness, now known to be the former Trump White House aide herself, describing multiple phone calls she received from allies of the former president.

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/06/30/jan-6-hutchinson-meadows-mystery-messages-00043638

[barbtries]

24. they haven't done it yet?

"may"?

come on.

[RocRizzo55]

25. Didn't they grab Eastman's phone the day after?

Could Eastman be the one tampering with witnesses?