The House Jan. 6 committee announced another wave of subpoenas on Tuesday, this one focusing on 10 members of the Trump administration.
The subpoenas, which seek documents and testimony related to the Capitol riot, are being sent to Trump White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany and senior adviser Stephen Miller.
The other individuals, “who served as White House officials at the time of the January 6th attack on the Capitol,” include Nicholas Luna, Molly Michael, Ben Williamson, Christopher Liddell, John McEntee, Keith Kellogg, Cassidy Hutchinson, and Kenneth Klukowski, the panel said in a statement.
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McEnany was reportedly present at times with former President Donald Trump as he watched the attack on the Capitol, the committee said. Prior to Jan. 6, McEnany claimed after the 2020 election that Trump’s reelection campaign was pursuing “very real claims” of fraud, mentioning mail-in ballots as being “particularly prone to fraud.” McEnany also accused Democrats of “welcoming fraud” and “welcoming illegal voting.”
Miller, “by his own account,” participated in efforts to spread false information about alleged voter fraud in the November 2020 election, the committee said. He also participated in efforts to encourage state legislatures to alter the outcome of the election by appointing alternate slates of electors.
“The Select Committee wants to learn every detail of what went on in the White House on January 6th and in the days beforehand,” Chairman Bennie Thompson wrote in a statement. “We need to know precisely what role the former President and his aides played in efforts to stop the counting of the electoral votes and if they were in touch with anyone outside the White House attempting to overturn the outcome of the election. We believe the witnesses subpoenaed today have relevant information and we expect them to comply fully with the Select Committee’s investigation as we work to get answers for the American people, make recommendations on changes to the law to protect our democracy, and help ensure that nothing like January 6th ever happens again.”
The move comes one day after the select committee announced subpoenas against six allies of Trump, including former White House national security adviser Michael Flynn and John Eastman, a conservative lawyer who wrote legal memos outlining ways the vice president could try to overturn the election.
The select committee previously subpoenaed several close advisers to Trump, 11 tied to the organization of the Jan. 5 and Jan. 6 rallies that preceded the riot, and others.
“The Unselect Committee of politically ambitious hacks continues to subpoena people wanting to know about those protesting, on January 6th, the insurrection which took place during the Presidential Election of November 3rd,” Trump said in a statement Tuesday released by his Save America PAC. “There is so much proof, but the Fake News Media refuses to print it or show it in any way, shape, or form. Just read the findings of the Arizona report, or look at what’s happening in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Georgia, and numerous other States. That’s right, the Committee is studying the PROTEST when it should be studying the Fraudulent Election that led to the protest. As the LameStream Media knows, the facts are there for all to see!”
While it appears most are engaging with the panel, Trump ally Steve Bannon, who was also pardoned by the former president, refused to comply with the subpoena he received, and the House voted to hold him in contempt of Congress. If the Justice Department prosecutes Bannon and he is convicted, he could face fines up to $100,000 and up to a year in prison.
Rep. Liz Cheney, a Republican member of the Jan. 6 panel, said last week the committee has already interviewed 150 people.
Cheney has also said arguments made by Trump and Bannon that relevant information sought by the committee is protected by executive privilege “appear to reveal” that Trump was “personally involved in the planning and execution” of the events on Jan. 6.
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The National Archives revealed documents on Oct. 29 that Trump was trying to keep from the committee in a court battle. These files include visitor logs, call records, speech drafts, and notes on efforts to challenge the results of the 2020 election. Trump filed an emergency request on Monday to bar the National Archives from sending the records to Jan. 6 committee investigators, but his request was rejected two hours later.
When asked if Trump will be subpoenaed as part of the investigation, Thompson recently said that “nobody’s off-limits.”
