Trump Advisers Subpoenaed by Jan.6 Committee
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The US congressional committee investigating the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol issued subpoenas to six more associates of former President Donald Trump, seeking documents and testimony.
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The House select committee specifically subpoenaed John Eastman.
On Monday, a committee in the US House of Representatives dedicated to investigating the January 6th attack on the US Capitol, issued six new subpoenas to former US President Advisers, accusing them of plotting to influence the outcome of the presidential election.
During the attack, Trump supporters fought back against police and stormed Congress in an attempt to halt the electoral count.
What do we know?
Former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, Trump 2020 campaign manager Bill Stepien, former senior adviser Jason Miller, national executive assistant to the campaign Angela McCallum, and lawyer John Eastman are among the Trump associates who have been subpoenaed.
The House select committee specifically subpoenaed John Eastman, who had worked with then-President Donald Trump's legal team and tried to convince then-Vice President Mike Pence that he could reverse the election results on January 6.
Eastman emailed a top Pence aide Greg Jacob, saying that Pence had caused the violence by rejecting to block certification of Trump’s election loss.
Furthermore, Eastman wrote to Jacob: “The ‘siege’ is because YOU and your boss did not do what was necessary to allow this to be aired in a public way so that the American people can see for themselves what happened.”
"Your documents and testimony are in direct connection with the commission's investigation, as it appears that you played an instrumental role in President Trump's notification that Vice President Pence could identify the January 6 voter," the commission said in Eastman's subpoena.
A subpoena was also issued to Bernard Kerik, a former New York City police commissioner who allegedly purchased hotel rooms that served as "command centers" ahead of January 6.
The Trump associates have been asked to turn over documents and will be required to appear in court beginning November 30.
Last week, a Washington judge questioned former president Donald Trump's suit to block the release of White House records that could implicate him or his aides in the January 6 attack on the US Capitol.
This attack didn't just come out of nowhere
An attorney representing the committee, Douglas Letter, said they wanted to show that Trump encouraged the attack by stoking anger among supporters.
"This attack didn't just come out of nowhere," Letter told the court.
"Many attempts have been made before the election to try to build major mistrust... so that if President Trump did lose, he would be able to say that it was unfair and generate a lot of anger in ways that led to January 6," he said.
Letter said that even if the court viewed that some documents should be excluded, it should not prevent the bulk of them from being released to the committee.
On his account, US President Joe Biden said that people who refuse to testify before a congressional select committee investigating what he called the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol should be prosecuted.
