{"id":808099,"date":"2021-09-24T00:58:47","date_gmt":"2021-09-24T04:58:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=808099"},"modified":"2021-09-24T08:58:30","modified_gmt":"2021-09-24T12:58:30","slug":"pelosis-jan-6-select-committee-subpoenas-four-trump-aides-advisers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pelosis-jan-6-select-committee-subpoenas-four-trump-aides-advisers\/","title":{"rendered":"Pelosi\u2019s Jan. 6 Select Committee Subpoenas Four Trump Aides, Advisers"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpelosis-jan-6-select-committee-subpoenas-four-trump-aides-advisers%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=808099&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The House of Representatives panel formed to investigate the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol breach has issued its first subpoenas for four members of former President Donald Trump\u2019s administration, the panel\u2019s chairman said on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Committee Chairman Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) said in a statement that the panel, which received no backing by members of Republican House leadership, has issued a round of subpoenas for documents and testimony to former White House Chief of Staff <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-mark-meadows\">Mark Meadows<\/a>, former White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Communications Daniel Scavino, former Defense Department official Kashyap Patel, and former Trump adviser Stephen Bannon.<\/p>\n<p>Thompson said the four have close ties to the former president and were working in or had communications with the White House, on or in the days leading up to the Jan. 6 breach of the U.S. Capitol building.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Select Committee is investigating the facts, circumstances, and causes of the January 6th attack and issues relating to the peaceful transfer of power, to identify and evaluate lessons learned and to recommend corrective laws, policies, procedures rules, or regulations,\u201d the Democratic congressman from Mississippi wrote, highlighting the Jan. 6 committee\u2019s authority established by House Resolution 503.<\/p>\n<p>Bannon, Meadows, Scavino, and Patel have been asked to appear for a deposition in mid-October. It isn\u2019t clear what documents have been requested. The Epoch Times has reached out to\u00a0Meadows, Scavino, and Patel for comment.\u00a0Bannon could not be reached for comment as of late Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The committee in its letter to Bannon said that he was \u201cidentified as present at the Willard Hotel on Jan. 5, 2021 during an effort to persuade members of Congress to block the certification of the Election the next day, and in relation to other activities on Jan. 6.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bannon left the White House in August 2017, but remained in contact with Trump.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou are also described as communicating with then-President Trump on Dec. 30, 2020, and potentially other occasions, urging him to plan for and focus his efforts on Jan. 6. Moreover you are quoted as saying, on Jan. 5, 2021, that \u2018[a]ll hell is going to break loose tomorrow,\u2019\u201d the committee wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The committee\u2019s letter to Meadows alleges that while he worked as Trump\u2019s chief of staff, he \u201cdirectly communicated with the highest officials at the Department of Justice requesting investigation into election fraud matters in several states.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has been reported that you were engaged in multiple elements of the planning and preparation efforts to contest the presidential election and delay the counting of electoral votes,\u201d it wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The panel in its request to Scavino highlights several tweets that were allegedly written from the White House on Jan. 6.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd prior to Jan. 6, 2021, you promoted, through your twitter messaging, the Jan. 6 March for Trump, which encouraged people to \u2018be a part of history,\u201d the committee wrote, alleging that the former communications lead was \u201cwith or in the vicinity of President Trump on Jan. 6 and are a witness regarding his activity that day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For Patel, the request cites documents that show he may have information on the Department of Defense\u2019s response to the Jan. 6 Capitol breach. It also alleges that documents show \u201cpersonal involvement in the planning for the events of Jan. 6 and the peaceful transfer of power.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the Justice Department, more than 570 individuals have been arrested in nearly all 50 U.S. states for crimes related to the Jan. 6 breach of the U.S. Capitol, including over 170 individuals charged with assaulting or impeding law enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>The breach took place during a joint session of Congress when lawmakers met to certify electoral votes submitted by states. The Capitol grounds and building were breached by protestors and some rioters, some of whom wanted to voice their stance against then-Vice President Mike Pence\u2019s refusal to intervene in the certification process. Thousands of peaceful protesters remained outside.<\/p>\n<p>In June, FBI Director Christopher Wray\u00a0told\u00a0an oversight hearing held by the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee that the law enforcement agency considered the events that unfolded on Jan. 6 to be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/jan-6-capitol-riot-was-domestic-terrorism-says-fbi-director_3717288.html\">an act of \u201cdomestic terrorism.\u201d<\/a> When asked by\u00a0Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) whether the events could be considered an \u201cinsurrection,\u201d\u00a0Wray said it would be inappropriate to describe the breach as such, saying that the term has legal meaning and could impact\u00a0ongoing criminal cases.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic lawmakers have pushed the narrative that the Jan. 6 breach was an \u201cinsurrection,\u201d largely during the January impeachment effort against then-President Donald Trump. Thompson in his statement on Thursday also describes the events that unfolded in January as an insurrection.<\/p>\n<p>No one who participated in the breach has been charged with insurrection.<\/p>\n<p>The chair of the House Homeland Security Committee said earlier this year that he was prepared to issue subpoenas and file lawsuits should any Jan. 6 witnesses refuse to appear.<\/p>\n<p>Thompson\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2021\/jul\/21\/capitol-attack-committee-chair-bennie-thompson\">told the Guardian<\/a> in July that he wanted to interview officials in the former Trump administration who were present at the Oval Office on Jan. 6\u2014 from Meadows to Trump\u2019s daughter Ivanka.<\/p>\n<div class=\"one_author_block round\">\n<div class=\"top_row\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/WEB_IsabelVanBrugen.jpg\" alt=\"Isabel van Brugen\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"names\">\n<p>Isabel van Brugen<\/p>\n<p>Reporter<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Follow<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Isabel van Brugen is an award-winning journalist and currently a news reporter at The Epoch Times. 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