Jan. 6 Panel to Vote on Subpoena for Ex-President Donald Trump: Reports
The U.S. House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol plans to vote Thursday on subpoenaing former President Donald Trump, according to NBC News.
The planned vote was also confirmed by Politico. Neither outlet named sources but cited those “familiar” with the plans.
The panel’s Thursday hearing—expected to be the last before next month’s midterm elections—largely focused on Trump’s role in the attack. In what critics now call his “Big Lie,” the former president repeatedly claimed, including in a speech the day of the attack, that Democrats stole the 2020 election.
In a statement Thursday, Lisa Gilbert, executive vice president of Public Citizen and co-chair of the Not Above the Law Coalition, said that the bipartisan committee “has accomplished a herculean feat” and demanded accountability for the attack.
“Thousands of pieces of evidence and testimony from Trump’s own staffers and foot soldiers have clearly laid out, fact by fact, what only those closest to him knew to be true: Trump engaged in a criminal conspiracy, knowingly made false claims—including claiming victory in the election—and incited a violent attack on the Capitol in order to overturn the 2020 election,” she said.
“Perhaps the most important fact to focus on now is that without accountability for these crimes, these attacks on our country will continue,” she warned, noting that “MAGA politicians in state houses across the country are attempting to pass laws that will make future elections easier to steal, election officials are entering the November elections under the specter of harassment, and more and more proponents of the ‘Big Lie’ are on the ballot nationwide.”
After praising the panel for its “admirable job laying out the facts of the unconstitutional threat posed by Trump and his allies,” Gilbert stressed that “it’s time for action. That’s why people are joining more than 75 events across the country to amplify the hearing revelations, and fight ongoing threats to our freedoms and our vote. America can’t afford more election interference, lies, and sabotage. It’s time to take a stand.”
Originally published at Commondreams.org.
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