Several Republican members of Congress asked for a pardon from then-President Donald Trump after the Capitol riot,
Rep. Liz Cheney, the vice chair of the House January 6 committee said Thursday.
Cheney made the comments at the committee's
first public hearing into the Capitol riot on Thursday night.
She called out Rep. Scott Perry in particular, saying: "Representative Perry contacted the White House in the weeks after January 6 to seek a presidential pardon."
"Multiple other Republican congressmen also sought presidential pardons for their roles in attempting to overturn the 2020 election," she added.
She neither offered evidence nor named the other lawmakers, saying that people watching the hearings "will see" how the requests unfolded in upcoming ones.