6 January Committee subpoenaed Donald Trump
The House Select Committee considering the unrest at the U.S. Capitol on January 6 issued a subpoena to former President Donald Trump on Friday.
The committee demanded Trump's sworn testimony next month and records related to the investigation of the attack, highlighted by the committee, came weeks after he denied losing the 2020 election to President Joe Biden. The Committee overwhelmingly approved the proposal.
Trump supporters stormed the Capitol on January 6, 2021
when a joint congressional session was held to certify Biden's victory, and the committee announced on October 13 that it would subpoena Trump.
"We recognize that subpoenaing a former chairman is an important historic measure," the committee's leaders wrote in a letter to Trump on Friday.
"We do not take this procedure lightly."
- Reps. Penny Thompson, D-Miss
- and Liz Cheney
- the committee's chairman and vice president
noted Trump's pivotal involvement in a calculated "multi-part campaign" to overturn his loss in the 2020 presidential election and maintain strength in their message.
According to the subpoena, Trump will be impeached on November 14 after the midterm elections.
Trump's potential compliance with the subpoena is unclear.
Warrington, a partner at Dillon Law Group, the company representing Trump, said: "As with any similar matter, we will review and analyse it, and we will respond appropriately to this unprecedented action." Warrington also accused the committee of "violating standards" by announcing the subpoena to the public in a statement to NBC News by a Trump spokesman.
The House Records Committee's request for a subpoena is scheduled for November 4.
In addition to photos
videos and handwritten notes relevant to the focus of the investigation, the data includes documenting calls, texts or communications made using Signal's secure messaging software.
The committee specifically requested talks and memos from 13 Trump supporters and others opposed to Biden's victory, including former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, Republican agitator Roger Stone, retired General Michael Flynn, and former White House strategist Stephen Bannon.
Bannon was sentenced earlier on Friday to four months' imprisonment for violating subpoenas from the same committee. Until his appeal, he's still at large.
The committee's chairmen
Thompson and Cheney, wrote to Trump accusing him of making false allegations of "maliciously" election fraud, "attempting to corrupt the Justice Department" to support the allegations, pressuring state officials to change the election results, and overseeing initiatives to bring fake voters to the Electoral College.
The letter also stated that he had put pressure on Mike Pence, his deputy, to prevent the joint session of Congress from counting Electoral College votes.
According to the letter
"as explained in our hearings, we have compiled compelling evidence, including from dozens of your former appointees and employees, that you personally coordinated and oversaw a multi-pronged effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election and obstruct the peaceful transition of power."
The letter claimed that
"I was at the center of the first and only attempt by any American president to overturn the results and prevent the peaceful transfer of power, ending in a deadly attack on the Capitol and Congress itself."
Seven presidents
- most notably Republican Gerald Ford
- testified before Congress after leaving office
- according to committee leaders.
The letter also stated that at least two presidents, Gerald Ford and Abraham Lincoln, testified before Congress while in office.
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