January 6 Committee Formally Subpoenas Trump for Docs, Testimony

• The Jan. 6 committee formally subpoenaed former President Trump for documents and testimony.
• The committee laid out in detail Trump’s multi-pronged effort to subvert the election results.
• Trump has until November 4 to produce the relevant documents and was called to testify on November 14.

The House Select Committee investigating the Capitol riot subpoenaed former President Donald Trump on Friday for documents and testimony connected to the deadly siege.

In a letter to Trump, the committee said it has assembled “overwhelming evidence” that he personally “orchestrated and oversaw a multi-part effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election and to obstruct the peaceful transition of power.”

The panel then laid out in detail Trump’s attempts to remain in power despite losing the election to Joe Biden.

Those efforts included:

• Spreading bogus claims of voter fraud to overturn the results in battleground states that Biden won and to boost Trump’s political contributions;
• Pressuring Justice Department officials to “make false statements” aimed at nullifying Biden’s victory;
• “Illegally” pressuring state officials to alter results in battleground states Trump lost;
• Overseeing an effort to send false slates of electors to Congress and the National Archives;
• Pressuring then-Vice President Mike Pence to unilaterally reject some states’ electoral counts on January 6, 2021, “despite knowing specifically that it was illegal” to do so;
• Pressured congressional lawmakers to object to legitimate slates of electors from battleground states;”Filing false information, under oath, in federal court”;
• Filing false information, under oath, in federal court”;
• Calling tens of thousands of his supporters to protest Congress’ certification of the electoral vote on January 6, 2021 despite “knowing they were angry and some were armed,” and “sending them to the Capitol”;
• Putting out a message on social media as the Capitol attack was unfolding “in which [Trump] incited further violence by publicly condemning [the] Vice President”;
• Waiting hours before calling for the pro-Trump mob to leave the Capitol, “while you watched the attack unfold on television.”

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