Four Capitol Police and DC Metropolitan Police Department Officers arrive to testify before members of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the US Capitol, including Chairman and Democratic Representative from Mississippi Bennie Thompson, during their first hearing in the Cannon House Office Building on Capitol Hill. The committee will hear testimony from members of the US Capitol Police and the Metropolitan Police Department who tried to protect the Capitol against insurrectionists on January 6th. Featuring: Bernie Thompson Where: Washington, District of Columbia, United States When: 27 Jul 2021 Credit: Jim LoScalzo/POOL via CNP/INSTARimages/Cover Images
Last updated on July 18th, 2023 at 01:39 pm
The subpoenas issued for Steve Bannon, Mark Meadows, and two others show that the 1/6 Committee wants information from those talking to Trump.
The 1/6 Committee wrote in a statement:
While serving as White House Chief of Staff, Mark Meadows reportedly communicated with officials at the state level and in the Department of Justice as part of an effort to overturn the results of the 2020 election or prevent the election’s certification. According to other reporting, Mr. Meadows was also in communication with organizers of the January 6 rally, including Amy Kremer of Women for America First. The Select Committee has previously sought White House records dealing with Mr. Meadows, including his actions and communications and information he received dealing with the results and integrity of the 2020 election.
Reporting indicates that former White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Communications Daniel Scavino was with the former President on January 5th during a discussion of how to convince Members of Congress not to certify the election for Joe Biden. Prior to the January 6th March for Trump, Mr. Scavino promoted the event on Twitter, encouraging people to “be a part of history.” And records indicate that Mr. Scavino was tweeting messages from the White House on January 6, 2021.
At the time of the January 6th attack, Kashyap Patel was serving as chief of staff to Acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller. The former President had appointed Mr. Patel to this position on November 10, the day after then-Secretary of Defense Mark Esper was replaced. According to documents provided by the Defense Department and published accounts, Mr. Patel was involved with discussions among senior Pentagon officials prior to and on January 6th, 2021, regarding security at the Capitol, and told a reporter that he was talking to Mr. Meadows “nonstop that day.” The Select Committee has previously sought information about steps taken at the Pentagon to protect the national security both before and after January 6th, including Mr. Patel’s role and his communications with other Pentagon officials.
It has also been reported that the former President attempted to install Mr. Patel as Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency in early December, but that planned appointment was abandoned after then-CIA Director Gina Haspel threatened to resign. The Select Committee has previously sought records related to potential or actual personnel changes in the last months of the previous administration, including Mr. Patel’s appointment at the Defense Department and his reported potential appointment at CIA.
Stephen Bannon reportedly communicated with former President Trump on December 30th, 2020, urging him to focus his efforts on January 6th. Mr. Bannon also reportedly attended a gathering at the Willard Hotel on January 5th, 2021, as part of an effort to persuade Members of Congress to block the certification of the election the next day. Mr. Bannon is also quoted as stating, on January 5th, that “[a]ll Hell is going to break loose tomorrow.”
The common thread running through each of the four people subpoenaed is that they were in communication with Trump before and/or during the 1/6 attack on the Capitol.
The committee likely wants to know what Trump was saying before and during the insurrection that he incited in a bid to overturn an election that he lost.
The 1/6 Committee is coming for Trump. They are looking at the role if any, that the former president and his administration played in the attack.
Justice may be coming for those who attacked democracy to keep a corrupt president in power.
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