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Podcast: The State of California
Episode: Republicans call for prosecution of Liz Cheney over Jan 6 investigation
Description: House Republicans call for the prosecution of former Republican Representative Liz Cheney for her role investigating President Trump’s actions in the January 6th insurrection.
There is speculation that President Biden might pardon Cheney and other members of Congress to protect them from retaliatory prosecution once Trump takes office.
Among those on the incoming president’s enemies list, California’s newest U.S. Senator Adam Schiff, who led the impeachment of then-president Trump when he was representing Los Angeles in the House of Representatives.
Now Schiff is in the Senate, having been sworn in last week to finish the last few we...