调查1月6日国会大厦骚乱的众议院委员会周一向特朗普的高级竞选官员和顾问发出了六份新传票,其中包括竞选经理比尔·斯捷潘和发言人杰森·米勒。
该小组还传唤了保守派律师约翰·伊斯曼索要记录和文件。根据鲍勃·伍德沃德和罗伯特·科斯塔最近的书,他积极游说副总统迈克·彭斯推翻他1月6日在众议院的仪式职位的选举结果,当时他主持了选举人票的计票。
该委员会还传唤了前国家安全顾问迈克尔·弗林,他是选举后特朗普身边的重要声音之一,公开呼吁总统采取激烈行动推翻选举结果。
专家小组要求所有六个人在11月23日之前交出记录,并在12月3日至12月13日期间出庭作证。
该委员会在给这位政治特工的一封信中写道,斯捷潘“监督了特朗普总统竞选活动向专注于‘停止偷窃’信息和相关筹款的转变”,并援引了对一名“个人了解”其活动的证人的采访。
美国广播公司去年11月报道称,斯捷潘鼓励竞选代理人在选举后“随时准备”在他们的州进行抗议。
据报道,弗林曾建议特朗普实施戒严以没收投票机,他参加了2020年12月在椭圆形办公室举行的一次关于选举的会议,会上与特朗普的外部顾问讨论了类似的想法。
委员会在给两人的信中写道,伊斯曼和伯纳德·克里克(Bernard Kerik)也与1月5日在威拉德酒店举行的特朗普支持者集会有关,当时正值白宫集会和国会大厦骚乱之前。伯纳德·克里克是前纽约市警察局长,鲁迪·朱利安尼的助手,特朗普在2020年赦免了他的税务欺诈和对政府撒谎。
Kerik在一份声明中说:“我受雇不是为了推翻人民的意愿,只是为了调查过程的完整性,并确保结果准确反映人民的意愿。
据报道,同样被传唤的前总统特朗普2020年连任竞选的国家执行助理安吉拉·麦卡勒姆(Angela McCallum)打电话给密歇根州的议员,要求他们任命一批候补选民,即使乔·拜登赢得了他们的州,他们也会投票给特朗普。
迄今为止,该委员会已经发出了至少25份记录和证词传票,议员们表示,作为调查的一部分,该小组已经进行了大约150次采访。
Jan. 6 committee subpoenas senior Trump aides, 2020 campaign manager
The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot on Monday issued six new subpoenas to senior Trump campaign officials and advisers, including campaign manager Bill Stepien and spokesman Jason Miller.
The panel also subpoenaed conservative attorney John Eastman for records and documents. According to Bob Woodward and Robert Costa's recent book, he aggressively lobbied Vice President Mike Pence to overturn the election results from his ceremonial post in the House on Jan. 6 -- when he presided over the counting of electoral votes.
The committee also subpoenaed former national security adviser Michael Flynn, one of the prominent voices around Trump after the election who publicly called on the president to take drastic actions to overturn the results.
The panel has asked all six individuals to turn over records by Nov. 23 and appear for depositions between Dec. 3 and Dec. 13.
Stepien "supervised the conversion of the Trump presidential campaign to an effort focused on 'Stop the Steal' messaging and related fundraising," the committee wrote in a letter to the political operative, citing an interview of a witness with "personal knowledge" of his activities.
ABC reported last November that Stepien encouraged campaign surrogates to "stay at the ready" to protest in their states after the election.
Flynn, who suggested that Trump impose martial law to seize voting machines, reportedly attended a December 2020 meeting in the Oval Office on the election, where similar ideas were discussed with Trump's outside advisers.
Eastman and Bernard Kerik -- a former New York City police commissioner and Rudy Giuliani associate who Trump pardoned in 2020 for tax fraud and lying to the government -- were also linked to a gathering of Trump supporters at the Willard Hotel on Jan. 5, ahead of the White House rally and Capitol riot, the committee wrote in letters to both men.
"I was not hired to overturn the will of the people, only to look into the integrity of the process and ensure that the results accurately reflected the will of the people," Kerik said in a statement.
Angela McCallum, national executive assistant to former President Trump’s 2020 reelection campaign, who was also subpoenaed, reportedly called Michigan lawmakers asking them to appoint an alternate slate of electors who would vote for Trump even though Joe Biden won their state.
To date, the committee has issued at least 25 subpoenas for records and testimony, and lawmakers have said the panel has conducted roughly 150 interviews as part of its inquiry.