Name: Jan. 6 Committee Votes to Subpoena Trump
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Description: The House Jan. 6 Committee on Oct. 13 voted to subpoena former President Donald Trump over his role in the events of Jan. 6.

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The House Jan. 6 Committee on Oct. 13 voted to subpoena former President Donald Trump over his role in the events of Jan. 6.

The resolution, submitted by Ranking Member Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), was passed by the committee unanimously in a 9–0 vote.

"Our duty today is to our country, our duty, and our Constitution," Cheney said. "We can act now to protect our republic. So this afternoon, I am requesting that the chairman issue a subpoena for documents and testimony from Donald Trump about the January 6 attack on the Capitol."

The panel “wants to hear from him,” Chairman Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) said ahead of the vote.

After presenting the motion, all nine members of the committee voted to take the almost unprecedented step of subpoenaing a former president.

Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) (L), Chair of the House January 6 committee, delivers remarks alongside Vice Chairwoman Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) during a hearing in the Cannon House Office Building in Washington on Oct. 13, 2022. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)


<h2>Legal Challenges</h2>
The move will doubtless inspire legal challenges from Trump's attorneys.

There are only a few instances in history of Congress subpoenaing a president.

In the 1840s, Presidents John Quincy Adams and John Tyler were subpoenaed for information on intelligence issues, but the subpoena ultimately went unanswered.

The same occurred in the 20th century, when Rep. Joseph McCarthy attempted to bring former President Harry S. Truman in for questioning by the House Un-American Activities Committee. Like in the case of Adams and Tyler, the subpoena was ignored.

Ultimately, the subpoena against Trump could come to naught by simply expiring.

If Republicans take the lower chamber after the midterm elections, as they are widely expected to do, they could liquidate the Jan. 6 Committee and withdraw the subpoena.

This means that Trump's lawyers will just need to run out the clock with legal challenges, assuming a GOP takeover of the House next year.
<h2>Culmination of Months of Targeting Trump</h2>
Members of the Democrat-dominated Jan. 6 Committee since the beginning have made no effort to hide their hope that Trump will face criminal charges for his actions on, and leading up to, Jan. 6. Charges that lead to a conviction of insurrection may put an end to his chances of running for reelection, which he has indicated he may do.

“I would like to see the Justice Department investigate any credible allegation of criminal activity on the part of Donald Trump or anyone else,” Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) said on ABC News’ “This Week" program. “They need to be investigated if there’s credible evidence, which I think there is.”

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) said the committee has laid out in various legal pleadings “the criminal statutes that we think have been violated,” and claimed that the panel has evidence that Trump knew Democratic rival Joe Biden won the 2020 election.

“I think we can prove to any reasonable, open-minded person that Donald Trump absolutely knew because he was surrounded by lawyers,” Raskin said on CNN’s “State of the Union” program. “He continues to spread [doubts about the 2020 election results] to this very day. He continues to foist that propaganda on his followers.”

When asked during an appearance on ABC’s “This Week” if Trump should face criminal charges, Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) said he thought the president was "guilty of knowing" what he did. “Seditious conspiracy. Being involved in these, you know, kind of different segments of pressuring DOJ, vice president, etc."

It remains unclear whether the Department of Justice will take the unprecedented step of opening a criminal investigation of Trump, despite the calls from members of the panel.

Trump's lawyers could not be immediately reached for comment.

<em>From <a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/jan-6-committee-votes-to-subpoena-president-donald-trump_4794800.html">The Epoch Times</a></em>

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