January 6 panel issues subpoena to Trump, demanding he testify
The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol issued a subpoena Friday to Donald Trump, exercising its subpoena power against the former president who lawmakers say is the “central cause” of a coordinated, multi-part effort to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
The nine-member panel issued a letter to Trump’s lawyers, demanding his testimony under oath Nov. 14 and outlining a request for a series of corresponding documents, including personal communications between the former president and members of Congress as well as extrem groups.
“We recognize that a subpoena to a former President is a significant and horic action,” Chairman Bennie Thompson and Vice Chair Liz Cheney wrote in the letter to Trump. “We do not take this action lightly.” It is unclear how Trump and his legal team will respond to the subpoena