Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) questioned whether former Rep. Liz Cheney knew the FBI had confidential sources in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6, 2021, suggesting it is “very strange” how she was rebuking anyone asking questions about them.
Lee was referencing the newly released report from Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz, which confirmed that 26 FBI sources were in Washington for the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. The Utah senator contended this report confirmed “what a lot of us wondered for a long time” and that he and others had legitimate reasons to ask about government assets on Jan. 6 despite Cheney and others chiding them as “crazy” for asking these questions.
“But what I do know is this: It’s very strange that she would call people who were raising these questions nut jobs, nut cases, whatever it is that she wanted to say, when she herself, a member of…
