committee announced summons had been sent to former pm Donald Trump

The House of Representatives Select Committee investigates the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Congress.

Announced Friday that the committee had has sent an official summons To former President Donald Trump, who has portrayed him as a key figure in a multi-step plan to overturn the 2020 presidential election. Committee announced summons had been sent to former pm Donald Trump

The committee has issued a subpoena to try to force Trump to sit under oath and provide documents. The panel ordered Trump to submit the documents by Nov. 4 and appear in person, or almost as. “One day or more of the testimony begins on or around November 14.”

Trump’s lawyers said Friday afternoon they would review the subpoena. “and respond appropriately to this unprecedented action.”

Although it is unclear whether Trump will comply with the summons. But the act gave the committee a way to mark and make it clear they wanted direct information from Trump as the panel investigates the attack. Trump can still fight the subpoena in court.

This could trigger a hugely important battle that could reach the highest level of the country’s judiciary. But it is possible that such legal challenges will last much longer than the Commission’s mandate.

Ahead of the summons, Liz Cheney, vice president of the Wyoming Republican Committee, spoke at a Harvard event earlier this week. She assumed Trump would comply with his legal obligations and honor the committee’s summons.

“But if that doesn’t happen We will follow the steps we have to do after that. But I don’t want to go down that path too much at this point.”

different from the previous court announcement The committee released all the summons sent to Trump along with the requested documents on Friday.

“As demonstrated in our ruling We have gathered overwhelming evidence. including from dozens of former appointees and your employees.

that you have prepared and overseen a multitude of efforts to overthrow the 2020 presidential election and thwart a peaceful transition of power,” said Cheney and Mississippi Democratic Representative Bennie Thompson, chairman of the committee. write in a summons letter.

The panel summarized what was presented at the hearing to show why Trump believes He personally “managed and supervised” attempts to overthrow the election.

It says Trump “Willfully and maliciously” has spread false claims that the 2020 elections were stolen to aid his plan to overthrow the elections and demand donations.

The committee portrays Trump as “Coordinating and overseeing” attempts to get false voters in the pressure campaign enacted by Trump Panel highlights indicate that Trump is trying “Corrupt Ministry of Justice” by letting the officials do “False statements” illegally pressure government officials to change election results.

Pressured former Vice President Mike Pence to refuse to count. The Jan. 6 vote “despite knowing it’s illegal” and pressures parliamentarians to oppose legitimate voters.

Trump’s attorney David Warrington released a statement Friday afternoon saying: “We will deal with this as an adviser to President Donald J.

Trump. one more time that is an insult to appropriate and customary norms and procedures The committee released a copy of its subpoena to the public. Like other matters similar We will examine and analyze and will respond appropriately to this unprecedented action.”