special committee investigating January 6 The attack on the US Capitol formally issued its subpoena to Donald Trump on Friday, the same day a federal judge sentenced Steve Bannon to four months in prison for violating such an order by the same committee.
A bipartisan panel of nine members of the House sent a letter Friday to Trump lawyers, with co-chairs Benny Thompson and Liz Cheney as signatories, demanding Trump’s testimony before November 14, under oath. The committee had also sought documents including personal communication. former President.
“We believe that a summons to a former president is an important and historic action,” read the letter, according to the Associated Press. “We do not take this action lightly.”
Trump had not yet responded to the summons.
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