Rudy Giuliani, who was Trump's personal lawyer and headed Trump's 2020 election legal team, was issued a subpoena along with lawyers Jenna Ellis and Sidney Powell and Republican strategist Boris Epshteyn. The Committee announced it seeks documents and deposition testimony from each of them.
"The four individuals we've subpoenaed today advanced unsupported theories about election fraud, pushed efforts to overturn the election results, or were in direct contact with the former President about attempts to stop the counting of electoral votes," Chairman Bennie Thompson, a Mississippi Democrat said in a statement.
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"We expect these individuals to join the nearly 400 witnesses who have spoken with the Select Committee as the committee works to get answers for the American people about the violent attack on our democracy," Thompson further wrote.
Giuliani, a former mayor of New York City, was sent a letter informing him the Committee was issuing a subpoena to "produce" documents by February 1. "The Select Committee's investigation has revealed credible evidence that you publicly promoted claims that the 2020 election was stolen and participated in attempts to disrupt or delay the certification of the election results based on your allegations," Thompson said.
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The letters to the others offered insight into what the Jan. 6 panel is interested in talking about with them.
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According to public reporting, Ellis "prepared and circulated two memos," which claimed "to analyze the constitutional authority" for former Vice President Mike Pence to be able to "reject or delay counting electoral votes from states that had submitted alternate slates of electors," her letter read.
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Powell, who represented former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn in his legal fight with the Justice Department, "actively promoted claims of election fraud on behalf of former President Trump in litigation and public appearances," as per the letter sent to her.
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Epshteyn's letter alleges he was reportedly sighted attending "meetings at the Willard Hotel in the days leading up to January 6" and that he had "participated in a call with former President Trump on the morning of January 6."
The Jan. 6 Committee has issued a flurry of subpoenas to other people in Trump's orbit, including Steve Bannon, who was indicted by a federal grand jury for defying a subpoena from the Committee, and former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, who has been referred to the Justice Department for prosecution for not fully cooperating with a subpoena.
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The House Select Committee also issued subpoenas to four major social media companies Thursday as it questions the role of “misinformation” in provoking the violence and what the companies knew about the riot or the “spread of extremism that enabled the attack.”
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