A Democratic strategist called out a Donald Trump ally's defense of his call to prosecute Liz Cheney over her role in the Jan. 6 investigation.
The former president called for her prosecution in a Truth Social post that cited a report issued by Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), who alleged that Cheney may have broken "numerous federal laws" through her contacts with former White House aides Cassidy Hutchinson and Alyssa Farah Griffin, and former Trump legal adviser May Mailman agreed that the ex-congresswoman should be investigated.
"Well, this is from Congress, this is not from president Trump," Mailman said. "Liz Cheney's behavior is very concerning. So Cassidy Hutchinson is somebody who worked in the White House after Jan. 6, she continued to work for Trump, and then, all of a sudden, she had a meeting with Alyssa Farah and then no longer was in support and came out and testified against president Trump, and so just tell us what happened. Who was in communication? Give us those emails, and so that's something that Congress is looking into. This is not something that president Trump is looking into, and if there's nothing wrong, then there's nothing wrong."
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Cheney called those allegations "a malicious and cowardly assault on the truth" that no reputable lawyer or court would take seriously, and Democratic strategist Maria Cardona agreed.
"She's absolutely right," Cardona said. "Look, what Trump wants to do and what his Republican acolytes are now following suit on is completely absurd. It's not just absurd, it's a betrayal to the American people of what Donald Trump said he would really want to focus on, which is lowering prices, focusing on housing, focusing on inflation. But we all know that Donald Trump, if he's talking, he's lying, because he's also talked about wanting to focus on retribution, wanting to focus on an enemies list, and we know that that is really what is in his heart of hearts. That's why he ran, that's why he won. That's what he wants to do when he's in the Oval Office."
"He's putting in people that will focus on that end for him, which is to get back at his political enemies, to get back at the people that he thinks is responsible for the fraudulent election of 2020, which we know that's what he still believes, and going after Liz Cheney," Cardona added. "To me, it seems like is the No. 1 priority for him and it is not working for the American people, and it is not working on the economy and it's going back on all of his promises, and so I hope that voters look at this and ask questions. What did we vote for you for? It wasn't to go after your political enemies."
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