Liz Cheney says Jan. 6 committee could make criminal referral for Trump

It's possible the House select committee investigating the January 6 assault on the Capitol could make a criminal referral to the Justice Department for former President Donald Trump, committee vice chair Rep. Liz Cheney said Sunday. 

Cheney made the comments on ABC's "This Week," as committee members say more information is coming forward following last week's explosive testimony from 26-year-old former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson. The Justice Department would decide if Trump should bear any criminal responsibility, and the committee will eventually decide whether to make a referral, Cheney said. 

"I think we may well as a committee have a view on that, and if you just think about it from the perspective of what kind of man knows that a mob is armed and sends the mob to attack the Capitol and further incites that mob when his own vice president is under threat, when the Congress is under threat," Cheney said Sunday. "It's just — it's very chilling, and I think certainly we will, you know, continue to present to the American people what we found."