Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney condemned the leaking of the names of FBI agents who searched former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home. Prominent Republicans, including Trump, have spent the past two weeks admonishing the FBI after the agency searched his Palm Beach, Florida, residence on Aug. 8 and seized government documents. The FBI said it received an “unprecedented” number of threats following the investigation. During an interview that aired Sunday on ABC’s “This Week,” Cheney said Republicans continued to “fan the flames” despite the mounting threats. “This is a really dangerous time and to see the former president of the United States, my colleagues, fanning the flames instead of saying, ‘We need to know the facts. We need to know the evidence. We need to know information about what happened. ” Cheney told ABC co-anchor Jonathan Carl. “To jump reflexively to attack law enforcement and say, ‘Well, we support the blue ones, but we’re going to attack these people for doing their job,’” he continued. “I think the American people see what hypocrisy this is, and it’s dangerous hypocrisy.” Cheney said she was “ashamed” that Republicans had spent time going after the FBI agents who executed the search warrant. “I was disgusted to learn that President Trump had released the names of these agents when the unredacted search warrant was released and that has now sparked violence,” Cheney said. Cheney did not provide evidence for her claim that Trump was behind the release of the agents’ names. Three days after the raid, the conservative outlet Brietbart News released a redacted version of the Mar-a-Lago search warrant, which included the names of the FBI agents involved in the investigation. The site was accused of doxxing the agents. Some people, including a national security lawyer and a CNN correspondent, have suggested that Trump or someone close to him may have leaked the unredacted warrant, though no evidence has emerged. “Liz Cheney just suffered one of the most devastating and embarrassing losses in political history, but it seems that hasn’t stopped her from literally making up stories to stay relevant,” Trump spokesperson Taylor Budowitz told Insider. Cheney’s representatives did not immediately respond to Insider’s request for comment.
