"The evidence is very powerful that Donald Trump began telling this 'big lie' before the election ... that lie continued after the election and ultimately led to this mob assembling and attacking the Capitol," Schiff told Raddatz on Sunday. Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., called Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney's claim that he sought a pardon from Trump a "soulless lie." To me I think that is the most compelling evidence of a consciousness of guilt," Schiff said. "Why would members to that if they felt that their involvement in this plot to overturn the election was somehow appropriate?" DOJ should investigate Trump for possible crimes in election plot, Rep. Schiff says originally appeared on abcnews.go.com

Source: ABC News June 12, 2022 14:04 UTC