​Former President Donald Trump lashed out at Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) on Monday, calling her a “despicable human being” a day after the congresswoman mentioned in an interview that the Jan. 6 committee might refer the 45th president to the Justice Division for potential prosecution over his function within the Capitol riot.

“Warmongering and despicable human being Liz Cheney, who’s hated by the nice individuals of Wyoming (down 35!), retains saying, time and again, that HER Pretend Unselect Committee might suggest CRIMINAL CHARGES in opposition to a President of america who acquired extra votes than any sitting President in historical past,” Trump mentioned on Reality Social.

“Even the Dems didn’t know what she was speaking about! Why doesn’t she press costs as an alternative in opposition to people who cheated on the Election, or people who didn’t correctly defend the Capitol?” he added.

In a subsequent submit, the previous president raged: “Why doesn’t the extremely partisan Unselect Committee of political Thugs, the identical individuals (all Trump haters & profiteers – books, speeches, and many others.) that had been concerned with Impeachment Hoax #1, Impeachment Hoax # 2, the ‘No Collusion’ Mueller Report and, total, the GREATEST WITCH HUNT IN THE HISTORY OF THE USA, go after the individuals who have been rioting, burning down cities, main the huge crime wave, & killing many all around the U.S., together with drug & human traffickers? No, let’s get ‘Trump’!”

Cheney, considered one of two Republicans sitting on the Home choose committee holding hearings on final 12 months’s Capitol riot, mentioned in an interview aired Sunday that Trump nonetheless confronted the potential for felony legal responsibility in reference to the unrest.

“Finally, the Justice Division will resolve that. I believe we might nicely as a committee have a view on that and in the event you simply give it some thought from the angle of what sort of man is aware of {that a} mob is armed and sends the mob to assault the Capitol?” Cheney mentioned on ABC Information’ “This Week.”

When host Jonathan Karl instantly questioned Cheney, the committee’s vice chair, about whether or not a felony referral was attainable, she responded, “Sure.”​

Cheney has change into considered one of Trump’s staunchest critics​ since she joined 10 Home Republicans Jan. 13, 2021, to vote for his impeachment over the storming of the Capitol.

Trump has ​additionally backed Harriet Hageman, who’s difficult Cheney in subsequent month’s Republican Home main in Wyoming.​

A Membership for Development survey reveals Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney​, trailing Hageman by​ 30 share factors.