The House of Inquiry into the Capitol Assault cited former Republican President Donald Trump on Friday to appear “on or around November 14,” just after the midterm elections.
In a letter made public, she also assigned him to produce before November 4, four days before the election, a whole series of documents, including a report of all his communications on January 6, 2021.
“We recognize that subpoenaing a former president is an important and historic action and we do not take it lightly,” write elected Democrat Bennie Thompson and Republican Liz Cheney, who oversee the commission.
The panel, made up of seven Democratic representatives and two Republicans, had voted unanimously on October 13 to summon the former president.
However, this will not be a first, as several former presidents have testified before Congress after their departure from the White House, they add, accusing Donald Trump of having “personally orchestrated and supervised” a campaign for change the outcome of the 2020 presidential election.
Coincidence or not of the calendar, Steve Bannon, a former adviser to Donald Trump, was sentenced Friday to four months in prison for refusing to comply with subpoenas from the commission.
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