The Space committee investigating the Jan. 6 assault at the U.S. Capitol issued a subpoena Friday to Donald Trump, exercising its subpoena energy in opposition to the previous president who lawmakers say is the “central reason” of a coordinated, multi-part effort to overturn the result of the 2020 election.
The nine-member panel issued a letter to Trump’s attorneys, challenging his testimony below oath via Nov. 14 and outlining a request for a sequence of corresponding paperwork, together with private communications between the previous president and individuals of Congress in addition to extremist teams.
“We acknowledge {that a} subpoena to a former President is an important and historical motion,” Chairman Bennie Thompson and Vice Chair Liz Cheney wrote within the letter to Trump. “We don’t take this motion frivolously.” It’s unclear how Trump and his criminal staff will reply to the subpoena