By Victor Nava
December 29, 2022
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The House Jan. 6 committee on
Wednesday withdrew a subpoena issued to former President Donald Trump as the
panel prepares to disband, according to a report.
Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson
(D-Miss) reportedly notified Trump’s attorney on Wednesday that the
panel’s subpoena against the
76-year-old former president, issued in October, has been rescinded and that he no
longer needs to comply with document requests, according to CNN.
“In light of the imminent end of our
investigation, the Select Committee can no longer pursue the specific
information covered by the subpoena,” Thompson wrote in a letter to Trump’s
attorney obtained by CNN.
“Therefore, through this letter, I
hereby formally withdraw the subpoena issued to former President Trump, and
notify you that he is no longer obligated to comply or produce records in
response to said subpoena,” Thompson added.
The House select committee
investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot sought documents and
testimony from Trump related to its investigation into efforts to overturn
the 2020 election results.
Trump sued the committee in November
in an attempt to block the subpoena and keep him from having to testify.
The committee released its long-anticipated
final report on the attack on the US Capitol last week, finding that Trump
engaged in a criminal “multi-part conspiracy” to overturn the results of the
2020 election.
With the investigation wrapped up and
the committee set to disband when the next Congress convenes in the new year,
on Jan. 3, a number of subpoenas related to other witnesses have also been
dropped, according to CNN.
The former commander-in-chief,
however, seized on the withdrawn subpoena to rip the panel on his Truth Social
page.
“Was just advised that the Unselect
Committee of political Thugs has withdrawn the Subpoena of me concerning the
January 6th Protest of the CROOKED 2020 Presidential Election,” Trump posted
Wednesday night.
“They probably did so because they
knew I did nothing wrong, or they were about to lose in Court. Perhaps the
FBI’s involvement in RIGGING the Election played into their decision. In any
event, the Subpoena is DEAD!” the former president celebrated.
Earlier this month, before releasing
its final report, the committee referred Trump to the
Justice Department for potential prosecution on four criminal charges,
including inciting or assisting an insurrection, obstruction of an
official proceeding, conspiracy to make false statements to investigators, and
conspiracy to defraud the US government.
https://nypost.com/2022/12/29/jan-6-committee-cancels-trump-subpoena-with-panel-set-to-disband-report/
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