The House Select Committee issued a subpoena on Jan. 6 to former Donald TrumpFriday was the day in which the Capitol Riot of 2021 took place. This decision by the committee could impact the nationwide midterm elections that are only two weeks away.
Trump is asked to appear in a deposition at 10 a.m. on November 14th, either at the U.S. Capitol, or via video conference. He will also be required to provide records about his actions on Jan. 6, 2021, when rioters stormed Capitol Building. Trump was not asked to appear at an open hearing by the committee.
The subpoena asks for documents and communications between Trump’s aides, staff, colleagues, and Signal, an encrypted message app.
Kellyanne Conway is a Fox News contributor and pollster who was previously a senior advisor to Trump during his tenure as president. White HouseHe insists that January 6’s events are not top concerns of voters, and that the subpoena’s timing is “symbolic as well as suspicious.”
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On Jan. 6, the House Select Committee issued a subpoena for former President Donald Trump, October 21, in connection to the 2021 riot at Capitol.
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“January 6th, was a horrible day in our nation’s history. Conway made the following statement to Fox News Digital: “I’m still shocked and not in amazement.” “650 days later and voters are focusing not on January 6th which was ranked the NINETEENTH most critical issue in the Harvard Harris poll, but rising crime and rising cost,” Conway stated.
“If President Trump was centrally involved in the January 6th Committee’s proceedings, then why are they ending with them instead of starting with? “Reasonable people could be excused from thinking that this subpoena was somewhere between symbolical and suspicious, given the fact that there are only a few weeks until the midterm elections and several months before Republicans take majority control of Congress,” she said.
Kellyanne Conway served as Trump’s senior counselor during his White House tenure. She claims that the January 6 events are not top concerns and that the timing and manner of the subpoena was “symbolic, suspicious.”
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The committee approved the Trump subpoenas for testimonyDuring its last week’s business meeting.
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Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming, a strong critic of Trump and one among only 10 GOP House Members who voted to impeach the president following Jan. 6 events, offered the subpoena motion. This was after members had presented details about Trump’s involvement in the January 6 events. Capitol riot. The vote of the committee was unanimous.
Fox News contributor Mark Penn and Democratic strategist, who worked previously with former President Bill Clinton, said that many voters view the committee as a “political show” because it seeks to “create discussion” on Jan. 6, instead of other issues facing the country.
Penn said that “most voters see the Jan 6-th committee as an political sideshow.” “The Jan 6th committee wants Trump front and center, creating discussion about Jan 6 rather than inflation and immigration.”
Fox News Digital reporter Mark Penn stated that most voters regard the committee as a “political show” because it aims to create discussion about Jan. 6 rather than other problems facing the country.
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Trump last week, October 14 Published a letterJan. 6: Blaming the House Select Committee for failing to investigate the basic questions surrounding the riot.
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Trump wrote, “The Unselect Committee willfully ignored that fact that days prior to January 6, 2021, we recommended and authorized thousands to be deployed to assure that there was peace, security, and safety at the Capitol, Washington, D.C. on Jan 6th.”
Fox News’ Timothy H.J. Nerozzi contributed to the reporting.
