The Jan. 6 committee extended a deadline Friday for former President Donald Trump to turn over documents related to the Capitol riot.
In a joint statement released by committee Chairman Bennie Thompson (D-MS) and Vice Chairwoman Liz Cheney (R-WY), the committee extended the deadline to next week instead of Nov. 4.
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“We have received correspondence from the former President and his counsel in connection with the Select Committee’s subpoena,” the statement said. “We have informed the former President’s counsel that he must begin producing records no later than next week and he remains under subpoena for deposition testimony starting on November 14th.”
We have received correspondence from the former President and his counsel regarding the committee’s subpoena.
We have informed Trump’s counsel that he must begin producing records no later than next week and he remains under subpoena for testimony starting on November 14th.
— January 6th Committee (@January6thCmte) November 4, 2022
The subpoena, issued on Oct. 21, requests a wide range of documents that include emails, call logs, photos, videos, and handwritten notes from as far back as September 2020. The committee is also searching for correspondence between the former president and members of the far-right extremist groups Proud Boys and Oath Keepers. Correspondence between Trump and Roger Stone, Steve Bannon, retired U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, Jeffrey Clark, John Eastman, and Rudy Giuliani was also listed.
The extension comes despite Cheney commenting that the committee would not be controlled by Trump. However, it has been lenient on deadlines in the past if the legal teams communicate with the committee effectively. The committee extended a subpoena for Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) back in June after Jordan requested to see a bulk of evidence the committee had gathered concerning his own actions after the 2020 presidential election.
“This is not a situation where the committee is going to put itself at the mercy of Donald Trump in terms of his efforts to create a circus,” Cheney said on Tuesday.
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If Trump does not comply with either the testimony or providing the requested documents, he could be sentenced to prison time for criminal contempt. Bannon, Trump’s political adviser, was sentenced to four months in prison for criminal contempt of Congress for his failure to comply with a different subpoena from the Jan. 6 committee last month.
The Nov. 14 deadline for Trump to testify in front of the committee still stands. It is the same day Trump’s team is reportedly eyeing the announcement for the former president’s third White House bid.
