Jan. 6 Committee subpoenas Trump for testimony and documents

The House January 6 committee issued a subpoena ordering Trump to testify about his efforts to overturn the 2020 election and the January 6 attack. The subpoena demanded documents and testimony, calling him the central cause of a multi-part effort to overturn the election and noting his role in summoning the mob and pressuring officials. The move underscored his legal and political exposure over election subversion and set up a legal fight he used to run out the clock before Republicans took control of the House.

“Why didn't the Unselect Committee ask me to testify months ago? Why did they wait until the very end, the final moments of their last meeting?” — House Jan. 6 Committee subpoena letter and hearing language, October 2022 Quote verified against source