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    Republican Liz Cheney's leading role in Jan. 6 hearings threatens her own future

    Cheney, vice chair of the House select committee, will make a statement at Thursday's primetime hearing and lead the questioning of witnesses. Breaking with her party may cost Cheney her House seat.
    by Deirdre Walsh Jun 09, 2022 4 minutes
    Wyoming GOP Rep. Liz Cheney serves as vice chair of the House select committee investigating January 6. She will give an opening statement at the primetime hearing Thursday laying out the panel's initial findings.

    Liz Cheney is the top Republican on the House panel investigating the violent attack on the Capitol, and her role in the historic hearings that begin Thursday night will impact her own political future, one that may no longer be in Congress.

    While some in her party initially lambasted then-President Trump's role in the Jan. 6 siege, they quickly reversed course. Cheney's decision to continue public and sustained criticism of Trump made her an outcast in the party she reveres.

    When protestors breached the Capitol on Jan. 6, Cheney was the third highest ranking House Republican.

    Maryland Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin, a former constitutional law professor who was preparing his remarks to certify the

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