Insurrection: Trump in trouble as Jan. 6 Panel subpoenas him
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The committee had unveiled startling new video from close aides describing his multi-part plan to overturn his 2020 election loss that led to his supporters’ fierce assault on the U.S. Capitol.
The January 6 House Committee on the insurrection at the Capitol has subpoenaed former President, Donald Trump to appear before it to give his personal testimony.
Thursday voted 9-0 to subpoena former President Donald Trump to testify about his role in the storming of the Capitol.
The committee had unveiled startling new video from close aides describing his multi-part plan to overturn his 2020 election loss that led to his supporters’ fierce assault on the U.S. Capitol.
With alarming messages from the U.S. Secret Service warning of violence and vivid new video of congressional leaders pleading for help, the panel showed the raw desperation at the Capitol.
According to the Associated Press, using language frequently seen in criminal indictments, the panel said that Trump had acted in a “premeditated” way ahead of Jan. 6, 2021, despite countless aides and officials telling him he had lost.
The agency added that Trump is almost certain to fight the subpoena and decline to testify. On his social media outlet he blasted members for not asking him earlier — though he didn’t say he would have complied —and called the panel “a total BUST.”
“We must seek the testimony under oath of January 6′s central player,” said Republican Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming, the committee’s vice chair, ahead of the vote.
“We need to hear from him. This is a question about accountability to the American people. He is required to answer for his actions,” Rep. Bennie Thompson, the committee chairman.
“Trump’s staggering betrayal of his oath led to an attack on a pillar of our democracy. It is still hard to believe,” Thompson was quoted by the Daily News as saying.
In the committee’s 10th public session, just weeks before the congressional midterm elections, the panel summed up Trump’s “staggering betrayal” of his oath of office, as Chairman Bennie Thompson put it, describing the former president’s unprecedented attempt to stop Congress from certifying Democrat Joe Biden’s victory.
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