Donald Trump gets special subpoena delivery from House Committee
Washington DC - Former President Donald Trump has officially been sent a subpoena by the House Committee investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol.
The committee first unanimously voted to subpoena Trump on October 13, with Vice Chairwoman Liz Cheney saying the committee is "obligated to seek answers from the man who set this all in motion," in reference to Trump.
The House Committee hopes the subpoena it sent on Friday will push Trump to sit for a deposition under oath, and to provide the documents that were requested.
The committee gave Trump until November 4 to turn over the docs, and ordered him to sit for "one or more days of deposition testimony beginning on or about November 14."
It's not clear whether Trump will comply with the subpoena, or if he will choose to ignore it and potentially face a similar fate as his former White House strategist Steve Bannon, who was just sentenced to four months in prison for contempt of Congress after ignoring a similar subpoena that the House Committee sent Trump's way.
Unlike other subpoenas surrounding the investigation into the January 6 attack, the committee opted to publicly release the document in its entirety, including the specific docs they're looking for from the former president.
"As demonstrated in our hearings, we have assembled overwhelming evidence, including from dozens of your former appointees and staff, that you personally orchestrated and oversaw a multipart effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election and to obstruct the peaceful transition of power," the committee wrote.
House Committee seeks Trump's testimony under oath and communication records
Per the subpoena, the committee is seeking Trump's testimony regarding his "dealings with multiple individuals who have now themselves invoked their Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination regarding their communication with you ... they provide specific examples where your truthful testimony under oath will be important."
The committee also seeks documentation that includes, but isn't limited to, all records of any phone calls, text messages, or communications sent through Signal or any other platform that were sent or received by Trump' on January 6, 2021, any records of calls or texts sent or received by Trump with any member of Congress from December 18, 2020, to January 6, 2021.
The committee also asked for any phone call, text messages, or Signal records placed or received by Trump – whether he was an active or passive participant – between November 3, 2020, and January 5, 2021, referencing "in any way" the 2020 presidential election or the joint session of Congress to certify the election on January 6, 2021.
Trump had previously blasted the House Committee for voting to subpoena him. However, his rambling critiques won't stop the subpoena that's heading his way.
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