The suit will likely allow Trump to escape being forced to testify before the committee disbands.
noted. Lawmakers said the move was necessary given the “central” role Trump played in a multi-layered effort to overturn his loss in the 2020 election — an anti-democratic campaign that culminated in a deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.
According to the news outlet, “The scope of the committee’s request was expansive—pursuing documents from September 1, 2020, two months before the election, to the present on the president’s communications with groups like the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys—as the panel looks to compile a historical record of the run-up to the Capitol attack, the event itself, and the aftermath.
In a November 9 letter to the panel, Trump’s attorney David Warrington said Trump would refuse to appear in person but would consider responding to written questions.of deploying a “delay tactic” by raising voluminous objections to the specific demands of the committee’s subpoena.to win at least 218 seats, after which they are not expected to prolong the committee’s work beyond the lame-duck session.
Trump’s attempt to thwart the panel’s investigation also comes before “a very big announcement” he has scheduled for Tuesday at Mar-a-Lago. That’s when Trump is expected to launch his third bid for the White House, though a growing number of Republican operatives have
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