After questioning 1,000 witnesses, including two of his sons
Trump summoned to appear before the investigation committee into the "Capitol attack"
A crowd of Trump supporters during the storming of the Capitol in January 2021. Reuters
The House of Representatives Commission of Inquiry into the attack on the United States Capitol has ordered former Republican President Donald Trump to appear before it on November 14, and the committee also ordered Trump to produce a series of documents before November 4, including a report on all communications he made on January 6, 2021. .
The decision of the committee, consisting of seven Democrats and two Republicans, came after it questioned more than 1,000 witnesses, including two of Trump's sons, and reviewed tens of thousands of documents, but faced the refusal of those close to the former president to cooperate with them.
After a televised hearing, the committee responsible for determining Trump's role in the January 6, 2021 attack raised eyebrows by voting unanimously to subpoena the former president.
"As with any request of this nature, we will review and evaluate it, and we will respond appropriately to this unprecedented action," said one of Trump's attorneys in the case, David Worrington, without confirming whether Trump's team had received the subpoena.
Democratic President Joe Biden said on MSNBC that it would make sense for Trump to comply with the subpoena.
The committee is in a race against time. If the Democrats lose control of Congress in the November 8 midterm elections, the new Republican majority may dissolve it.
"We realize that recalling a former president is an important and historic measure, and we don't take it lightly," the two House Committee supervisors, Democrat Benny Thompson and Republican Liz Cheney, said, addressing Trump.
"We have evidence that you personally orchestrated and oversaw a campaign to change the results of the 2020 presidential election and prevent the peaceful transfer of power, and this resulted in a bloody attack on the Capitol," they added.
At the same time, the US judiciary sentenced Steve Bannon, a close ally of Trump, to four months in prison and a $6,500 fine for "obstructing the investigative powers of Congress."
Judge Karl Nichols said that Steve Bannon had not yet submitted to the committee any document or testimony, while Bannon announced his intention to appeal the ruling, which led to the suspension of its implementation, and therefore Bannon was able to leave the federal court in Washington free.
In front of the cameras, Bannon confirmed that he respected the judge's decision, but he immediately moved into politics, and said, "November 8 (the date of the mid-term elections) will be the day to judge the illegitimate regime of Biden, and we know how it will end," according to his description.
On January 6, 2021, hundreds of Donald Trump's supporters, convinced by his talk of "electoral fraud", spread chaos in Congress, as parliamentarians ratified the victory of his Democratic rival, Joe Biden, and the Republican president immediately underwent a trial aimed at impeachment in Congress, but he was acquitted thanks to members of the House of Representatives. The senators are from his party, but that didn't end the case, as in its final report the committee could recommend indicting Trump.
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