The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol by a pro-Trump mob issued a subpoena Friday for testimony and documents from former President Donald Trump, requesting that he testified under oath on or about November 14.
The committee is also seeking documents by November 4.
The subpoena was widely expected after the committee voted unanimously Oct. 13 in its final hearing that provided new evidence and testimony to bolster the bipartisan panel’s argument that the deadly violence on Jan. 6 was the direct and predictable result of Trump’s election in the weeks following. he lost his bid for re-election.
“As demonstrated in our hearings, we have gathered overwhelming evidence, including dozens of your former appointees and staff, that you personally orchestrated and oversaw a multi-party effort to nullify the 2020 presidential election and obstruct the peaceful transition of power ” President Bennie said. G. Thompson (D-Miss.) and Vice President Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) said in a statement, part of a 10-page letter to Trump.
Cheney and Thompson outlined 19 requests for documents, seeking Trump’s communications with Roger Stone, former Secret Service agent Anthony Ornato, lawyers John Eastman and Sidney Powell and more than a dozen people and members of extremist groups.
The committee is asking for “information sufficient to identify all telephones or other communications devices” that Trump used from Nov. 3, 2020, to Jan. 20, 2021. They also specifically requested communications made on Signal, an app of encrypted telephone messaging, any personal device or communication made by any other means.
This is a developing story and will be updated.