Former President Donald Trump has one more week to meet the deadline to submit documents to a House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol.
“We have received communication from the former president and his attorneys regarding the special committee subpoena,” Chairman Benny G. Thompson (Democrat) and Vice Chairman Liz Cheney (Wyoming Republican) said Friday evening. said in a joint statement. “We have informed the former president’s attorneys that he must begin making records by next week at the latest and is under a subpoena for deposition testimony beginning November 14.”
These documents were requested as part of a subpoena issued by the Commission to the former president on October 21. The subpoena also directs Trump to testify under oath on or about his November 14th. It is unclear whether he will honor that deadline.
The Commission’s subpoena lists detailed documents and communications that Trump plans to produce, including phone records, text messages, and all relevant communications on January 6, 2021. This includes interactions with members of relevant parliament and militia or extremist groups on 6 January.
Committee members have previously said they have not yet worked out how to compel Trump to comply with subpoenas if he voluntarily refuses to cooperate. Lawmakers could move to disparage the former president. But legal experts and lawyers representing clients involved in the investigation told The Washington Post that it’s unlikely the Justice Department will eventually indict Trump for contempt of Congress.
Although the commission has not yet filed criminal charges with the Justice Department, Cheney and Thompson said in a letter sent to Trump notifying them of the subpoena that they believed his actions to overturn the election results were illegal. is clarifying
Trump told advisers he may testify live before the committee, but his lawyers did not respond to requests for comment on the status of his potential cooperation.
