House Investigation Targets Trump
The House January 6th Committee targets Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election with a “Sweeping Demand for Executive Branch Records.”
“In letters to the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) and seven other Executive Branch agencies, Chairman Thompson renewed and expanded upon the requests of other committees from earlier this year. Chairman Thompson gave the agencies a two-week deadline to produce materials.” – House Select Committee Press Release.
Trump supporters clash with police and security forces as people try to storm the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. | Brent Stirton/Getty Images
Jan. 6 investigators include Trump White House in first document requests, Politico | 8/25/2021
By Nicholas Wu and Woodruff Swan
The select committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection on Wednesday sent a flurry of requests to federal agencies for records related to the attack, including communications from the Trump White House.
Video: U.S. Capitol Police officers sue Trump for Jan. 6, Reuters | 8/26/2021
Seven U.S. Capitol Police officers on Thursday sued former President Donald Trump, alleging that he conspired with far-right extremist groups to provoke the deadly Jan. 6 attack on Congress.
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