The House Jan. 6 committee issued six fresh subpoenas to six allies of former President Donald Trump.
Former White House national security adviser Michael Flynn, Bill Stepien, Jason Miller, Angela McCallum, John Eastman, and Bernard Kerik were named as the subpoena targets in a press release from the panel on Monday, which said they were “involved in efforts to promote false claims of election fraud or overturn the results of the 2020 election.”
The subpoenas seek documents and testimony “from witnesses including staff members of the former President’s campaign and individuals associated with the so-called ‘war room’ that drove efforts to halt the counting of electoral votes in the runup to the violence of January 6th,” the press release added.
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Stepien, who served as manager of Trump’s 2020 reelection campaign, was joined by Miller and McCallum on the team that raised concerns about election fraud in the contest and reportedly sought to encourage state legislatures to alter the outcome of the November 2020 election.
Eastman is a conservative lawyer who wrote legal memos outlining ways the vice president could try to overturn the election, while Flynn and Kerik, a former New York City police commissioner, also pushed allegations of fraud, which have been dismissed by a broad sweep of courts and election officials. They reportedly attended meetings in the days after the election and leading up to the Jan. 6 riot that have drawn the interest of investigators.
“In the days before the January 6th attack, the former President’s closest allies and advisors drove a campaign of misinformation about the election and planned ways to stop the count of Electoral College votes,” Chairman Bennie Thompson wrote in a statement. “The Select Committee needs to know every detail about their efforts to overturn the election, including who they were talking to in the White House and in Congress, what connections they had with rallies that escalated into a riot, and who paid for it all. The Select Committee expects all witnesses to cooperate with our investigation as we work to get answers for the American people, recommend changes to our laws that will strengthen our democracy, and help ensure nothing like January 6th ever happens again.”
Two of the people subpoenaed by the House committee on Monday, Flynn and Kerik, were among those pardoned by Trump hours before he left office in January.
The select committee has already 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.
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.
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Rep. Liz Cheney, a Republican member of the Jan. 6 panel, said last week the committee has already interviewed 150 people.
She 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.
The National Archives revealed documents on Oct. 29 that Trump was trying to keep from the Jan. 6 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.
When asked if Trump will be subpoenaed as part of the investigation, Thompson said that “nobody’s off-limits.”
A report on Oct. 24 listed several GOP members as taking part in planning the details of rallies and electoral certification objection on the day of Jan. 6 ahead of the riot. These included Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, Lauren Boebert of Colorado, Mo Brooks of Alabama, and Louie Gohmert of Texas.
All four spoke out against the report, claiming they had no involvement in what happened at the Capitol on Jan. 6.
