Liz Cheney drops bombshell during hearing -- and suggests Trump 'was personally involved in the planning of January 6th'

Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) on Tuesday issued a scathing assessment of former President Donald Trump and ally Steve Bannon's decision to stonewall the House Select Committee investigating the January 6th attacks on the United States Capitol.

After dismantling Bannon's claims that he is protected by executive privilege from testifying before the committee, Cheney speculated that Trump and Bannon have very personal reasons for not wanting any testimony to go forward.

"Mr. Bannon's and Mr. Trump's privilege arguments do appear to reveal one thing, however: they suggest that President Trump was personally involved in the planning and execution of January 6th," she said. "And we will get to the bottom of that."

Cheney also cited Bannon's statements on January 5th in which he seemed to anticipate that violent mayhem would break out the next day as Congress worked to certify the results of the 2020 presidential election.

"All hell is going to break loose tomorrow," Bannon said.

Republican leaders said they're telling members to vote "no" in holding Steve Bannon in criminal contempt for not complying with the Jan. 6 House Select Committee subpoena.

And of course, the ultimate loser went on a rant about many grievances:

"Comey lied, Schiff lied, Crooked Hillary lied, McCabe lied, the two lovers, Peter and Lisa, lied," Trump said. "They all lied having to do with Ukraine, Ukraine, Ukraine, because they knew it was a SCAM—and they made up fairy tales about me knowing how badly it would hurt the U.S.A.—and nothing happens to them. Is there no justice in our country?" "Isn't it terrible that a Republican Congressman from Nebraska just got indicted for possibly telling some lies to investigators about campaign contributions, when half of the United States Congress lied about made up scams, and when Mark Zuckerberg, in my opinion a criminal, is allowed to spend $500 million and therefore able to change the course of a presidential election, and nothing happens to them," Trump said in a 63-word sentence beginning the statement from his Save America PAC.

Fortenberry faces one charge of scheming to falsify and conceal material facts and two counts of making false statements to federal investigators, ABC News reports.

The Nebraska Democratic Party issued a statement drawing a connection between the allegations against Fortenberry and one of the former president's infamous campaign pledges.

"Fortenberry's reported lies violate the trust of Nebraskans, only confirming that the swamp Trump promised to drain is actually the Republican Party," Party Chairwoman Jane Kleeb said.