Jan. 6 Panel Subpoenas 10 More Trump Aides

House investigators want to know 'every detail of what went on in the White House'
By Newser Editors and Wire Services
Posted Nov 9, 2021 3:10 PM CST
Jan. 6 Panel Subpoenas 10 More Trump Aides
In this June 1, 2020 photo, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany stands at a podium during a news conference at the White House,.   (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

House investigators have issued subpoenas to 10 more former officials who worked for Donald Trump at the end of his presidency, in an effort to find out more about what the president was doing and saying as his supporters violently stormed the US Capitol on Jan. 6. The subpoenas, including demands for documents and testimony from senior adviser Stephen Miller and press secretary Kayleigh McEnany, bring the House panel tasked with investigating the insurrection even closer inside Trump’s inner circle—and closer to Trump himself, the AP reports. They come a day after the committee subpoenaed six other associates of the former president who spread mistruths about widespread fraud in the election and strategized about how to thwart President Biden’s victory.

"The Select Committee wants to learn every detail of what went on in the White House on January 6th and in the days beforehand," said Mississippi Rep. Bennie Thompson, the Democratic chairman of the panel. "We need to know precisely what role the former president and his aides played in efforts to stop the counting of the electoral votes and if they were in touch with anyone outside the White House attempting to overturn the outcome of the election." The committee said Tuesday that it had issued subpoenas for Miller, who the panel said "participated in efforts to spread false information about alleged voter fraud," and McEnany, who lawmakers said was present at times with Trump as he watched the insurrection.

Others subpoenaed Tuesday include former national security adviser Keith Kellogg, Trump personal assistant Nicholas Luna, special assistant Molly Michael, deputy assistant Ben Williamson, deputy chief of staff Christopher Lidell, personnel director John McEntee, special assistant Cassidy Hutchinson, and Justice Department official Kenneth Klukowski. It is so far unclear if the panel will subpoena Trump, though the committee’s leaders have said they haven’t ruled anything out. (More Capitol riot stories.)

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