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In the subpoena, the committee requested Trump’s communications from Jan. 6, 2021, communications from Nov. 3, 2020 to Jan. 6, 2021 about plans to ask Congress, the Justice Department, then-Vice President Mike Pence, and others about overturning the election, and communications with Michael Flynn, Roger Stone, John Eastman, Rudy Giuliani and other personal associates. They’re also seeking any communications he had about the committee, as well as documents about the Proud Boys and other militia groups.
The subpoena comes a week after the Jan. 6 committeevoted unanimouslyduring a meeting to issue the writ to Trump, who then shared a 14-page letter of his own, which did not clarify if he would testify. In it, Trump claimed the committee was full of “highly partisan political hacks and thugs,” who he said wanted to “destroy” the lives of “hard-working American Patriots.”
“It is a witch hunt of the highest level, a continuation of what has been going on for years,” the former president claimed. “You have not gone after the people that created the fraud, but rather great American patriots who questioned it, as is their Constitutional right. These people have had their lives ruined as your committee sits back and basks in the glow.”
The letter from the committee’s chairs notes that more than 60 courts rejected Trump’s past election fraud claims, as well as “other challenges to the legality of the 2020 election,” while Trump had “specific and detailed” information from the Justice Department and his own staff that the claims were false.
“Because of your central role in each element of these actions, the Select Committee unanimously directed the issuance of a subpoena seeking your testimony and relevant documents in your possession on these and related topics,” the letter read.
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Earlier this month, the Jan. 6 committee released never-before-seen footage of lawmakers huddling togetheras the U.S. Capitol was under siege. Speaker Nancy Pelosi could be seen in the clips speaking with House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer and Senate Majority LeaderChuck Schumeras they tried to determine how to proceed with the election certification.
As of last month, more than919 individualshave been charged with crimes related to the events of the Capitol attack. Former VP Pence’smemoir titledSo Help Me Godpublishes on Nov. 15 and will reportedly chronicle “Trump’s severing of their relationship on Jan. 6, 2021, when Pence kept his oath to the Constitution.”
source: people.com
