The subpoena calls for testimony about Trump’s dealings with several former aides and associates who have asserted their Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination to the committee, including Roger Stone, Michael Flynn, John Eastman, Jeffrey Clark and Kelli Ward. The panel - comprised of seven Democrats and two Republicans - approved the subpoena for Trump in a surprise vote last week. According to the committee, the only person who can fill the gaps is Trump himself. Lawmakers say key details about what Trump was doing and saying during the siege remain unknown. President to overturn an election and obstruct the peaceful transition of power, ultimately culminating in a bloody attack on our own Capitol and on the Congress itself,” Thompson and Cheney said.
“In short, you were at the center of the first and only effort by any U.S. In the letter, the committee wrote about the “overwhelming evidence” it has assembled, showing Trump “personally orchestrated” an effort to overturn his defeat in the 2020 election, including by spreading false allegations of widespread voter fraud, “attempting to corrupt” the Justice Department and pressuring state officials, members of Congress and his own vice president to change the results. 6, 2021, insurrection, bringing members of the panel into direct conflict with the man they have investigated from afar through the testimony of aides, allies and associates. The subpoena is the latest and most striking escalation in the House committee’s 15-month investigation of the deadly Jan. “As with any similar matter, we will review and analyze it, and will respond as appropriate to this unprecedented action.” “We understand that, once again, flouting norms and appropriate and customary process, the Committee has publicly released a copy of its subpoena,” David Warrington, a partner with the Dhillon Law Group, which is representing Trump, said in a statement late Friday. He could also go to court and try to stop it. He could comply or negotiate with the committee, announce he will defy the subpoena or ignore it altogether. It is unclear how Trump and his legal team will respond. The panel rooted its action in history, listing past presidents from John Quincy Adams to Gerald Ford, who testified before Congress after leaving office - and noted that even sitting presidents have responded to congressional subpoenas. “We recognize that a subpoena to a former president is a significant and historic action,” Chairman Bennie Thompson and Vice Chair Liz Cheney wrote in the letter to Trump.
4, although the committee’s deadlines are generally subject to negotiation. The letter also outlined a sweeping request for documents, including personal communications between Trump and members of Congress as well as extremist groups.
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