But the Oversight Committee report raises the stakes when it alleges that Cheney committed crimes. Trump predictably piled on with a highly unspecific 3:11 a.m. social-media post claiming that Cheney “could be in a lot of trouble.”

The findings issued Tuesday show the depths to which the Republican Party is working to reinforce Trump’s desire to seek vengeance on his perceived enemies.

The president-elect has long pushed for prosecution of the former representative for the House's investigation of the 2021 insurrection.