Historic! Donald Trump summoned over US Capitol attack

“The Select Committee unanimously votes to subpoena Donald J. Trump, former President of the United States, to provide evidence as part of the committee’s investigation,” January 6th Committee tweeted on October 13.

The Hill reported that, during the most recent meeting, the committee disclosed fresh information regarding the former US president’s strategies for winning the election. They also questioned him on his stubbornness to concede defeat in the face of the facts.

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“On January 5th, Secret Service was aware of increased “[c]hatter focused on Vice President Pence.” In particular, whether he would do what President Trump wanted him to do—reverse the results of the election in the joint session the next day,” the Committee said in another tweet.

Trump’s claims lacked sufficient proof of fraud or anomalies to substantiate them. In reality, judges consistently found that they were without foundation. Trump was unable to make any credible allegations of fraud in any one of the 62 situations, which would have been enough to invalidate the election results, the Committee added.

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The US Justice department, not Congress, has the authority to decide whether to charge Donald Trump with crimes related to the assault on the US Capitol. The formal subpoena issued by the committee to the former president, while historic, is almost certainly going to be disregarded by Trump, according to the BBC.

The midterm elections are coming up in November, and it’s possible that the Republicans will take control of the House of Representatives. If that happens, the committee would be abruptly disbanded. However, it might still vote to hold the former president in contempt of Congress.

(With agency inputs)