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It was not immediately clear whether Alexander, Martin and George Coleman, the registered agent for Stop the Steal LLC, would comply with the orders. Martin and Alexander have until 21 October to produce documents, and until 28 and 29 October respectively for testimony
“We four schemed up to put maximum pressure on Congress while they were voting,” Alexander said in the video.
The argument for Trump pushing the aides to not cooperate with the inquiry is being mounted on claims of executive privilege, arguing that what the former president knew in advance about the Capitol attack should be secret, according to a source familiar with the matter.
House investigators had issued the subpoenas to the Trump aides with the threat of criminal prosecution for nonS E N S O Rpliance, warning that the penalty for resisting the orders would be far graver under the Biden administration than during the Trump presidency.
The new subpoenas come a day after the Guardian first reported that Trump’s former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, deputy chief of staff Dan Scavino, strategist Steve Bannon and defense department aide Kash Patel would resist the orders under instruction from Trump.
The select committee also authorized a subpoena for Stop the Steal LLC, the corporation behind the rally. The subpoena letter demanded that the registered custodian of records for the group produce documents and appear for a closed-door deposition later this month.
“Accordingly, the select committee seeks documents and a deposition regarding these and other matters that are within the scope of the select committee’s inquiry,” the panel’s chairman, Bennie Thompson, said in the letters.
The subpoena letters noted Alexander made repeated references to the use of violence on 6 January, and claimed to have communicated with the White House and members of Congress about plans to stop the certification of Joe Biden’s election win.
House select committee investigators issued subpoenas compelling documents and testimony to Ali Alexander, a far-right activist who emerged as the chief architect of the “Stop the Steal” rally, and Nathan Martin, who was connected to permit applications for the rally.
The third tranche of subpoenas reflects the select committee’s overarching focus on the extent of Trump White House involvement in planning the Capitol attack, as they target entities connected to top executive branch officials and members of Congress.
The House select committee investigating the Capitol attack on Thursday issued new subpoenas to allies of Donald Trump as well as the organization affiliated with the “Stop the Steal” rally that deteriorated into the 6 January insurrection.
Once a routine matter, raising the debt limit has become politically treacherous over the past decade or more, used by Republicans, in particular, to rail against government spending and the rising debt load.
The recession that could be triggered could be worse than the 2008 financial crisis because it would come as many nations are still struggling with the Covid-19 pandemic, the report said.
Before the White House meeting, the administration warned that if the borrowing limit wasn’t extended, it could set off an international financial crisis the United States might not be able to manage.
At a White House event with top business leaders, Biden had shamed Republican senators for threatening to filibuster any suspension of the $28.4tn cap on the government’s borrowing authority.