Former Trump aides Kash Patel, Mark Meadows, Steve Bannon, & Dan Scavino hit with subpoenas by Capitol riot committee
THE House committee probing the Jan. 6 insurrection at the US Capitol subpoenaed four advisers and associates in former President Donald Trump orbit to determine their communications.
Former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, former White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Communications Dan Scavino, former Defense Department official Kashyap Patel and former Trump adviser Steve Bannon.
The letter to the four men seeks “the facts, circumstances, and causes” of the infamous attack is demanding they produce documents and make themselves available to be deposed in mid-October.
Thompson contends that each witness possesses key information about the planning before the insurrection took place.
There have been 650 people arrested and charged with crimes related to Jan. 6.
and a cascade of video footage showcasing the chaotic scenes of mobs breaching security and violently entering the Capitol building.
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Bannon in particular was cited by Democrats for his Jan. 5 prediction that and submit he maintained close contact with Trump a week before the riot where he pressed the president to keep his attention on Jan. 6.
The former boss of Breitbart News who now runs his own podcast War Room” shaped Trump’s 2016 campaign and was prominently featured in the pages of .
Bannon was arrested on charges that he and three others ripped off donors to an online fundraising scheme "We Build The Wall."
Kashyap Patel, who was a veteran of House Intel Ranking Member Devin Nunes' staff until he served a number of national security titles under Trump, was the chief of staff to Defense Secretary Christopher Miller in the last days of the former president’s administration, according to Politico.
The panel believes Patel possesses documents that would reveal the White House's involvement in "preparing for and responding to the attack on the U.S. Capitol."
“I will continue to tell the truth to the American people about the events of Jan. 6.”
INTERVIEW PHASE
The subpoenas suggest the task of the committee has reached the interview phase after sifting through thousands of pages of documents the committee requested from federal agencies and various social media companies.
Shapiro’s office claims the subpoena is doesn't serve any legislative purpose simply lends credence to the notion that Trump and not Biden won the election.
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Shapiro calls out the subpoena's demand for voter information as “illegal, unconstitutional, and unenforceable."
The lawsuit is also attempting to prevent Republicans from acquiring copies of reports from audits and reviews of Pennsylvania’s voter registration system since 2018.
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