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9:03 p.m., October 21, 2022
The House of Commons Inquiry into the Capitol Assault cited former Republican President Donald Trump on Friday to appear “on or about November 14.” In a letter made public, she also assigned him to produce a whole series of documents before November 4, including a report of all his communications on January 6, 2021.
The House of Commons 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 ballot, 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 the elected Democrats Bennie Thompson and Republican Liz Cheney, who oversee this commission. The panel, made up of seven elected Democrats and two Republicans, voted unanimously on October 13 to summon the former president.
Not a first
However, this will not be a first, as several former presidents have testified before Congress after leaving the White House, they add, criticizing Donald Trump for having “personally orchestrated and supervised” a campaign to change the result 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.