Jan 6 Committee Subpoenas Trump in Last Ditch Effort to Garner Attention

On day 9 of the January 6 Committee hearings, lawmakers on the committee voted to issue a subpoena compelling former President Trump to appear before that body. The committee, seating only two members of the GOP, both of whom are outgoing, Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger, voted to subpoena Trump.

“Mr. Chairman on this vote, there are nine ayes and zero nos,” the clerk said after the vote, and the resolution was agreed to.

Speaking during the hearing and by way of calling for a vote, Committee Chair Bennie Thompson said “we have left no doubt, knowing that Donald Trump led an effort to up in American democracy that directly resulted in the violence of January 6.”

“He tried to take away the voice of the American people in choosing their president and replace the will of the voters with his will to remain in power,” Thompson said. “He is the one person at the center of the story of what happened on January 6. So we want to hear from him. The committee needs to do everything in our power to tell the most complete story possible, and provide recommendations to help ensure nothing like January 6 ever happens again.”

“We need to be fair and thorough and gain a full context for the evidence we’ve obtained,” Thompson continued. “But the need for this committee to hear from Donald Trump goes beyond our fact-finding. This is a question about accountability to the American people. You must be accountable. He is required to answer for his actions. He was required to answer to those police officers who put their lives and bodies on the line to defend our democracy, he’s required to answer to those millions of Americans whose votes he wanted to throw out as part of his scheme to remain in power,” Thompson said.

“And whatever is underway to ensure this accountability under law, this committee will demand a full accounting every American person of the events of January 6. So it is our obligation to seek Donald Trump’s testimony as precedent in American history of Congress to compel the testimony of a precedent precedent. That’s also precedent for presidents to provide testimony and documentary evidence to congressional investigators. We also recognize that a subpoena to a former president is a serious and extraordinary action,” Thompson continued.

“That’s why we want to take this step in full view of the American people, especially because the subject matter at issue is so important to the American people. And the stakes are so high future in our democracy. And so I recognized and vice chair, this training the Wyoming to offer its chairman pursuant to today’s notice, I send to the desk a committee resolution and ask for its immediate consideration,” Thompson said, before passing it off to outgoing Wyoming Congresswoman Liz Cheney, who called for the vote.

“Our committee now has sufficient information to answer many of the critical questions posed by Congress at the outset,” Cheney said. “We have sufficient information to consider criminal referrals

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