J6 committee chairman opposes 'threats of retaliation,' vows to stand up to Trump and his 'supporters'.

Representative of the Democratic Republic of the Mississippi, Bennie Thompson, who was the chairman of the Select Committee of the House of Jan. [Trump’s] recent threats.”

“Donald Trump has shamefully undermined the rule of law, undermined democracy, and destroyed our Constitution for years, and his latest lies about the work of the January 6th Select Committee are only part of the latest. But let me be clear: Those of us who are investigating his key role in the January 6th uprising are not at all afraid of his latest threats ,” Thompson said in a statement to Fox News Digital on Monday.

“Donald Trump and his followers can do whatever they want – but no election, no conspiracy theory, no pardon, and no threat of prosecution can rewrite history or erase his burden of deadly violence on that horrific day. He has gone before, and we will continue to do so.”

Trump joined NBC's “Meet the Press” in an interview that aired Sunday, in which the president-elect blasted former Wyoming Republican Rep. Liz Cheney, Thompson and others on the J6 committee “deleted and destroyed” evidence related to the investigation and “should be going to jail.” .”

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“Cheney did something unforgivable, along with Thompson and the people on the unelected committee of political criminals and you know, they're leaving,” he said in an interview. “They removed it and destroyed all the evidence.”

“And Cheney was behind it. And so was Bennie Thompson and everybody on that committee,” he continued. “For what they did, honestly, they should go to jail.”

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Liz Cheney attends “Liz Cheney in Conversation with David Rubenstein” at The 92nd Street Y, New York on June 26, 2023 in New York City. (Gary Gershoff/Getty Images)

Trump's comments aired on Sunday come as President Biden is reportedly set to launch a blanket, “preemptive pardon” for those considered Trump's political enemies, such as Cheney, Thompson and Sen.

Thompson added in his statement to Fox Digital that the committee carefully followed House rules throughout the investigation. “Our committee was fully approved by the House, all the rules were followed correctly, and our product is independent. In fact, in the two years we have completed our work, no court or legal organization has objected.”

Cheney, a long-time critic of Trump, also responded to Trump's comments earlier this week, criticizing the suggestion that he be jailed as “a continuation of his attack on the law.”

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“Here's the truth: Donald Trump tried to subvert the 2020 presidential election and seize power,” Cheney said in a statement responding to Trump, provided to Fox News Digital. “He gathered an angry mob and sent them to the United States Capitol, where they attacked the police, stormed the building and stopped the official counting of the electoral votes. Trump watched on television as the police were brutally beaten and the Capitol was beaten, refusing for hours to tell the crowd to leave.”

The January 6 committee was established in July 2021 to investigate the breach of the US Capitol earlier that year by Trump supporters before President Biden officially took office on January 20. The January 6 committee investigation was conducted when the Democrats were in power. of the House.

President-elect Donald Trump sits down with Kristen Welker on Sunday for an interview on “Meet the Press.” (Screenshot/NBC)

The committee concluded its 18-month investigation last year, when Republicans regained control of the House and sent complaints to the Department of Justice recommending that Trump be prosecuted criminally for his involvement in leading supporters to breach the Capitol.

The committee is made up of seven Democrats and two members of Congress, Cheney and Adam Kinzinger, both of whom are no longer in office.

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Trump has accused committee members of “deleting” evidence during the investigation, which was supported by a report released by House Republicans earlier this year that said the select committee “deleted” records and hired “Hollywood producers” to promote a political narrative. while investigating Jan. 6.

Among its key findings, the report says the select committee was designed to “promote a political narrative” and also asserted that it “deleted records and concealed evidence” before Republicans took over the House majority during the 2022 election cycle.

Vice President Kamala Harris attends a debate moderated by Charlie Sykes with former US Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) in Brookfield, Wisconsin, Oct. 21, 2024. (Reuters/Kevin Lamarque)

“SPECIAL COMMITTEE DELETED RECORDS AND SECRET TESTIMONY – Reps. Thompson and Cheney failed to turn over video recordings of interviews with witnesses despite using these recordings in their landmark, preliminary hearings. The subcommittee found more than 100 deleted or password-protected files, including other the files were removed days before Republicans took the majority and hide many of the transcribed conversations of witnesses who had first-hand knowledge of Trump's actions on January 6,” found the report, which was led by Georgia Attorney General Barry Loudermilk.

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Thompson denied the claims of erasure in a July 2023 letter to Loudermilk, explaining that the committee had asked the federal government about “the proper archiving of these sensitive materials to protect the safety of witnesses, national security, and to protect the rule of law.” Cheney has also publicly and repeatedly denied claims that the committee mishandled it. evidence.

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“Donald Trump knows that his claims about the select committee are ridiculous and false, as has been widely explained, including by Chairman Thompson,” Cheney continued in response to Trump's comments over the weekend, referring to Thompson's 2023 letter. “There is no reasonable basis for what Donald Trump is saying — a Justice Department investigation into the work of a congressional committee — and any lawyer who tries to do that study would find himself acting in a very unethical manner.”