Liz Cheney votes to impeach Trump over January 6
On 13 January 2021 Representative Liz Cheney, then the third-ranking House Republican, voted with nine other Republicans to impeach President Donald Trump for incitement of insurrection after the attack on the Capitol.
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On 13 January 2021 Representative Liz Cheney, then the third-ranking House Republican, voted with nine other Republicans to impeach President Donald Trump for incitement of insurrection after the attack on the Capitol.
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Liz Cheney
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Liz Cheney votes to impeach Trump over January 6. Actor role on this event; contribution size permanently_blocked (no sourced fraction). Contribution size is permanently_blocked (no sourced fraction); provisional 0.4 stored because contributions.size is NOT NULL.
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- 1.theguardian.comchecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, keywords: cheney+impeach+republicans · verified
- 2.cnn.comchecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, keywords: cheney+impeach+republicans · verified
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Factrail. (2026). Liz Cheney votes to impeach Trump over January 6. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/cheney-votes-to-impeach-trump-2021-01-13
https://factrail.ai/facts/cheney-votes-to-impeach-trump-2021-01-13
Accessed 15 October 2026.
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