Liz Cheney won’t rule out criminal referral against Donald Trump

January 6 committee vice-chairwoman says a man as dangerous as [him] can never be anywhere near the Oval Office ever again'

The vice-chairwoman of the congressional committee investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol is not ruling out a criminal referral against Donald Trump, saying a man as dangerous as [him] can never be anywhere near the Oval Office ever again".

Liz Cheney's remarks Sunday came after the committee's chairman, Bennie Thompson, once said he did not expect the panel to indicate whether or not it would make a recommendation for federal prosecutors to charge the former president with an alleged role in the Capitol attack.