Former congresswoman calls report ‘malicious and cowardly’; House ethics committee to release report into alleged misconduct, says CNN

In addition to House Republicans, Donald Trump himself has made clear that he wants to go after Liz Cheney, who was formerly a top GOP lawmaker in the House but lost her seat after breaking with the president-elect. Here’s a look back at one of his more alarming comments about Cheney, from the Guardian’s Maya Yang, Joanna Walters and your live blogger:

Donald Trump has called former congresswoman Liz Cheney a radical war hawk and said she should face being under fire with rifles “shooting at her” – prompting the anti-Trump Republican to warn the public against dictatorship and a presidential candidate who “wants to be a tyrant”.

Chairman Loudermilk’s ‘interim report’ intentionally disregards the truth and the Select Committee’s tremendous weight of evidence, and instead fabricates lies and defamatory allegations in an attempt to cover up what Donald Trump did. Their allegations do not reflect a review of the actual evidence, and are a malicious and cowardly assault on the truth.

No reputable lawyer, legislator or judge would take this seriously.