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The House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol issued a statement Friday giving former President Donald Trump more time to deliver the documents he requested, but offering little explanation as to why. why the extension was granted.
“We have advised the former president’s attorney that he must begin producing records no later than next week and he remains under summons to testify as of November 14,” the committee said in the statement.
The panel subpoenaed Trump last month seeking a wide range of documents before 10 a.m. Friday and for Trump to appear for an interview under oath beginning Nov. 14 and “continue in subsequent days as necessary.” ”.
The committee also said it “received correspondence from the former president and his attorney regarding the Select Committee subpoena,” but provided no additional information.
CNN has reached out to Trump and his attorneys for comment.
Trump’s lawyers had accepted the committee’s subpoena service as of Oct. 26, according to sources familiar with the matter. Trump criticized the committee but did not say whether he would comply with the subpoena.
On the day the subpoena was announced, Trump’s attorney, David Warrington, said in a statement that the committee was “disobeying proper and customary rules and process” by releasing the subpoena and that his legal team “would respond as appropriate to this unprecedented action.
Trump’s lawyers chosen to deal with the committee’s subpoena demands have been coordinating with other members of the former president’s legal team to determine how to proceed, according to a source familiar with the matter.
Despite operating as two separate teams, the attorneys focused on addressing the committee subpoena are consulting with attorneys representing Trump in the Justice Department criminal investigation related to Jan. 6, the source said, noting that there are areas of possible overlap between the two separate attorneys. affairs.
Rep. Liz Cheney, Republican of Wyoming, the committee’s vice chair, previously said the committee was “in talks” with Trump’s lawyers about testifying under oath in the investigation. But it’s unclear whether those discussions will lead to a deposition.
A committee letter that accompanied the subpoena summarized what the panel presented in a series of hearings to show why it believes Trump “personally orchestrated and oversaw” efforts to nullify the 2020 election.
In the subpoena, the committee demanded that Trump turn over any communications sent or received from Election Day on November 3, 2020, through Biden’s inauguration on January 20, 2021, with more than a dozen of his close allies. who have become key players in the larger plan to overturn the 2020 election.
It also asked Trump to turn over all records of phone calls, text messages, or communications with any member of Congress from December 18, 2020, through January 6, 2021; all communications from him on January 6 specifically, and any communications or attempts to contact other witnesses in the committee’s investigation.
The broad document request even asked for all documents and communications relating to or referring “in any way” to members of the Oath Keepers, Proud Boys or other extremist groups from September 1, 2020 to the present. The panel’s request for documents covers 19 different categories.
This story has been updated with additional details.
