The Republican Party on Friday censured two of its own — U.S. Representatives Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger — over their involvement in Congress’ probe of former president Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election and an attack led by his supporters on Capitol Hill.
Cheney and Kinzinger voted to impeach Trump on a charge of incitement of insurrection after last year’s deadly Jan. 6 Capitol riot and are the only Republicans taking part in the House of Representatives’ investigation of the attack.
U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney and U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger listen during an October 2021 meeting of a congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on
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