Rudy Giuliani.Photo: SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty
The House of Representatives committee investigatingthe Jan. 6, 2021, attackon the U.S. Capitol issued another round of subpoenas this week, seeking testimony from three attorneys — including former New York MayorRudy Giuliani— who pushed unfounded conspiracies about the election in the wake ofDonald Trump’s loss, according to apress releasefrom the committee.
In addition to Giuliani, the committee issued subpoenas for the records and testimony of attorneys Jenna Ellisand Sidney Powell, both of whom worked as part of Trump’s legal team in an attempt to overturn the election results in his favor.
Epshteyn also “had a call with former President Trump on the morning of January 6th to discuss options to delay the certification of election results in the event of Vice President Pence’s unwillingness to deny or delay the certification,” the committee said in a news release.
“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,” Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson said in a press release. “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.”
Sidney Powell and Rudy Giuliani speaking at a news conference on Nov. 19, 2020.MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty
Jenna Ellis.MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty
According to the release, Powell and Giuliani “actively promoted claims of election fraud on behalf of former President Trump” in litigation and public appearances, while Ellis “reportedly prepared and circulated two memos purporting to analyze the constitutional authority for the Vice President to reject or delay counting electoral votes from states that had submitted alternate slates of electors.”
On Tuesday, CNN reported the committeehad also subpoenaed and obtainedphone records associated withEric Trump, one of the former president’s children, and Kimberly Guilfoyle, who is engaged to another of his sons, Donald Trump Jr.
According to CNN, those records came via “call detail records subpoenaed from communication companies.”
Last week, the committee issued a separate round of subpoenas, calling on the owners ofFacebook, Twitter, Google and Redditto hand over records relating to the event.
Riots at the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6.Jon Cherry/Getty Images
The committee is also on the verge of receiving a set of White House records that the former president attempted to shield.
So far, the panel investigating the Capitol riots of Jan. 6, 2021 has interviewed more than 300 witnesses, issued more than 50 subpoenas and collected more than 35,000 pages of documents for the investigation.
Bannon pleaded not guilty.
source: people.com
