Rep. Liz Cheney has a strong admonition for House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy: any Republican still challenging the legitimacy of the 2020 election results or whitewashing the January 6 insurrection is not fit to serve on the select committee investigating it. "It's very important that we have members who are committed to upholding the rule of law and members who are committed to their oaths to the Constitution," Cheney said to CNN in her first interview since becoming the only Republican named to the select panel by Democrats. "And I would certainly hope that the minority leader will be guided by that as he makes his choices."... "First she goes after Trump, violates his due process with unfounded charges without a hearing, to impeach an outgoing president," said Darin Smith, one of Cheney's primary opponents who protested at the Capitol on January 6 and has made "election integrity" a cornerstone of his campaign. "Now she's throwing her lot in with the Democrats?" "I don't think we have any place for that," Smith added. "Law enforcement has already taken care of those folks who did wrong. ... I don't see why she's doing it. Clearly she's got some political motivations behind that. My best guess is that she's going to try to run for president in 2024."