The House of Representatives’ special inquiry committee investigating the January 6 attack on Donald Trump’s supporters in the Capitol in order to overturn the election results unveiled a new barrage of summonses to appear before its opponents. of the United States, in particular the former representative of the American presidency, Kylie McCann.
“As a White House spokesman, you have made numerous public statements to the White House and elsewhere about alleged fraud in the November 2020 election (accusations) leveled at the people who attacked the Capitol,” the committee’s summons said.
Another close aide to Mr. Trump, Steven Miller, was also summoned as he and his team delivered the speech by the billionaire Republican at the Jan. 6 rally, not far from the U.S. presidency, shortly before the inauguration. seat of Congress.
Other close associates of Mr. Trump include Nicholas Luna, his aide, Christopher Lindell, a former deputy secretary general (“chief of staff”), and Keith Kellogg, then-vice president’s national security adviser to Mike Penn. .
Democratic Committee of Inquiry chairman Benny Thompson said the summoned witnesses “have information related to the investigation and we look forward to working with them.”
The day before Monday, the commission announced a series of other summonses, including those of former national security adviser General e.a. Michael Flynn and the director of Donald Trump’s 2020 campaign, Bill Stepien.
The commission’s inquiry is based on testimony from more than 150 people, according to Republican Rep. Liz Cheney. He has served another 35 summonses.
Federal authorities have prosecuted about 700 people for the bloody invasion of the Capitol, which was aimed at preventing the ratification of the victory of Joe Biden by Congress. It was the worst attack on the Federal Capitol since the War of 1812 and the only case in US history where the transfer of power did not take place peacefully.
A federal court yesterday rejected a third lawsuit filed by Donald Trump aimed at preventing the delivery of his own documents, presidency files, documents of his associates and their depositions, citing his executive privileges.
Members of the special committee in late October called for a lawsuit to be filed against Congressman Steve Bannon, an ally of former President Donald Trump, for refusing to appear before it to testify despite being summoned.
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