January 6 commission subpoenas high-ranking Trump officials
Washington DC - Former White House adviser Stephen Miller and former White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany were among 10 Trump administration officials sent subpoenas Tuesday from the House committee investigating the January 6 insurrection.
McEnany made several statements from the White House about alleged fraud in the 2020 presidential election. She was with former President Donald Trump at the Ellipse as he spoke at the "Stop the Steal" rally right before the Capitol attack as well as other times Trump was watching the day unfold.
She is directed to produce documents by November 23 and sit for a deposition December 3.
Miller, a senior adviser to Trump, promulgated false information about alleged voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election and encouraged state legislatures to appoint alternate electors in an effort to change the results of the election.
He is directed to produce documents by November 23 and testify December 14.
Among the eight other former officials ordered by the panel to produce records by November 23 is Ben Williamson, a deputy assistant to Trump and senior adviser to chief of staff Mark Meadows. He was reportedly urged by a White House official during the Capitol attack to get Trump to issue a statement condemning the violence of the attack. That request to Meadows and Williamson was unsuccessful, the committee said. Williamson is to testify before the panel December 2.
Christopher Liddell, the deputy chief of staff in the White House, was also subpoenaed. He was present on January 6 and reportedly considered resigning that day, but was persuaded not to, and will testify November 30.
Other Trump administration officials in the spotlight
John McEntee, the personnel director in the Trump White House, is also on the list.
He was reportedly in the Oval Office when Trump attorneys Rudy Giuliani and Justin Clark, Trump and Pence talked about the Georgia audit process and heard Giuliani speak about seizing Dominion voting machines due to alleged fraud. McEntee also reportedly discouraged people in the Trump administration from looking for other jobs after the election because it would acknowledge Trump’s loss. He was also in the White House on January 6. His deposition is scheduled for December 15.
Another important name is Kenneth Klukowski, senior counsel to Assistant Attorney General Jeffrey Clark, who had a part in drafting a letter urging particular state legislatures to delay their election certification, according to a Senate Judiciary Committee report. It also notes Clark contacted Klukowski to prepare for an Oval Office meeting with Trump January 3. His deposition is November 29.
"The Select Committee wants to learn every detail of what went on in the White House on January 6th and in the days beforehand," Chairman Bennie Thompson said in a statement.
"We need to know precisely what role the former president and his aides played in efforts to stop the counting of the electoral votes and if they were in touch with anyone outside the White House attempting to overturn the outcome of the election."
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