Police Arrest Liz Cheney

Donald Trump got his wish. At 6:34 am this morning, former U.S. Representative Liz Cheney was arrested at her home in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Trump had ordered the Justice Department to investigate her and all members of the House Select Committee on the January 6th Attack. The Justice Department has said it does not yet find evidence of wrongdoing in the other cases, “but we are still looking.”

Liz Cheney’s lawyers refute the “bizarre charges,” calling them “fully unsubstantiated accusations of terrorism and incitement that should never have been brought.” Liz Cheney’s arrest has sparked public outrage, with sporadic protests breaking out since the news. Based on the charges, she faces a sentence of up to 20 years in prison. A Trump spokesperson only said, “Justice is being done.”

A spokesperson for a group that has been advocating tax resistance to stop Donald Trump said, “This is clearly political vengeance. Since this news, over 5,000 new people have signed saying they will refuse to pay their taxes to such a blatantly repressive government.” This resistance has shocked many in the Republican establishment. Private signs of Republican weariness with Trump seem to be growing. “I didn’t think this would happen, I really didn’t,” said Senator Lindsey Graham, clearly surprised. Nonetheless, Graham refused to condemn the arrest.

Cheney is the most well known among dozens of political prisoners who have been arrested after challenging Trump. A network calling themselves the “Underground Railroad” claims more than 2,000 whistleblowers and other vulnerable people have fled persecution through their network, including several staff members of the Select Committee on the January 6th Attack.