In her 2023 memoir, American politician and former chair of the House Republican Conference, Liz Cheney, provides an insider account of the attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, and its after effects.

Since 1797, when the first U.S. president, George Washington, was succeeded by John Adams, power has transferred peacefully between presidents.

This legacy of peaceful transition came to an end in 2021 when then-president Donald Trump attempted to overturn the results of the 2020 election, inciting supporters to gather in Washington, D.C., on January 6, 2021, where they formed a violent mob.

Republican politician Liz Cheney is a vocal Trump opponent and was appointed vice chair of the House Select Committee on the January 6 attack.

In her 2023 memoir, Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning, Cheney outlines the events leading up to the attack, describes the violence of the day itself, and warns of ongoing threats to democracy from Trump and his supporters.