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The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection presented findings and voted to subpoena former president Donald Trump on Oct. 13. (Video: Blair Guild/The Washington Post)

Committee subpoenas Donald Trump, other highlights from Jan. 6 hearing

The House committee investigating the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, voted Thursday to subpoena testimony and documents from former president Donald Trump, a dramatic culmination of its year-and-a-half-long investigation, and a sign that the committee wants to continue its work beyond this Congress.

“This is a question about accountability to the American people,” Chairman Bennie G. Thompson (D-Miss.) said ahead of the vote. “He must be accountable.”  
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Secret Service agents in charge of assessing the risks of the Jan. 6 protest knew that many of Trump’s supporters were plotting violence and planning to come armed much earlier than previously reported, according to records shared at the hearing.
Rep. Pete Aguilar (D-Calif.) said the committee will continue to probe “potential obstruction” of the committee’s investigation into events related to Trump’s activities following the Jan. 6 rally near the White House.
The committee presented evidence that Trump, just a few days after being declared the loser of the election, signed orders to immediately withdraw troops from Afghanistan and Somalia — evidence that he knew his term was going to end.
During a video interview played at the hearing, Vice President Mike Pence’s counsel, Greg Jacob, said some people in Trump’s White House were planning to declare victory on election night “prior to the election results being known.”
The panel’s vice chairwoman, Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), said the committee “may ultimately decide” to make a series of committee referrals to the Justice Department but stressed that it is not the panel’s job to prosecute.
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Secret Service agents in charge of assessing the risks of the Jan. 6 protest knew that many of Trump’s supporters were plotting violence and planning to come armed much earlier than previously reported, according to records shared at the hearing.
Rep. Pete Aguilar (D-Calif.) said the committee will continue to probe “potential obstruction” of the committee’s investigation into events related to Trump’s activities following the Jan. 6 rally near the White House.
The committee presented evidence that Trump, just a few days after being declared the loser of the election, signed orders to immediately withdraw troops from Afghanistan and Somalia — evidence that he knew his term was going to end.
During a video interview played at the hearing, Vice President Mike Pence’s counsel, Greg Jacob, said some people in Trump’s White House were planning to declare victory on election night “prior to the election results being known.”
The panel’s vice chairwoman, Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), said the committee “may ultimately decide” to make a series of committee referrals to the Justice Department but stressed that it is not the panel’s job to prosecute.
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