WASHINGTON – The Household January 6 committee is withdrawing its subpoena of previous President Donald Trump as it concludes its function.
“In gentle of the imminent end of our investigation, the Find Committee can no extended pursue the precise facts included by the subpoena,” Chairman Bennie Thompson, a Mississippi Democrat, wrote in a letter to Trump’s attorney Wednesday.
“For that reason, via this letter, I hereby formally withdraw the subpoena issued to previous President Trump, and notify you that he is no for a longer time obligated to comply or produce data in response to mentioned subpoena,” Thompson extra.
The committee subpoenaed Trump in October for files and testimony connected to its investigation into the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol. Trump responded by suing the committee to block the subpoena.
The committee had already dropped a quantity of subpoenas relevant to other witnesses as it winds down its get the job done. Nevertheless, Trump seized on the subpoena withdrawal on his social media system, declaring: “They in all probability did so for the reason that they realized I did absolutely nothing erroneous, or they ended up about to drop in Courtroom.”
The committee wrapped up its investigation by referring Trump to the Justice Department for potential legal prosecution on 4 different rates. The panel’s referrals, having said that, keep no legal body weight. And the Justice Section has already been scrutinizing Trump as portion of its probe into January 6 and efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
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