Assault on Capitol Hill: Trump advisers summoned by parliamentary committee

The parliamentary committee investigating the role played by Donald Trump in the assault by his supporters on the Capitol on January 6 has summoned advisers to the former president, whom it accuses of having sought to change the state, to appear before it. outcome of the presidential election.

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Some of these advisers had gathered in a "war room", a sort of operational command center, housed in the luxury hotel Willard InterContinental, Washington, during the period surrounding the attack on Congress, in the United States. moment when the certification of the victory of Joe Biden took place. The commission notably summoned lawyer John Eastman, who allegedly attended a meeting in this "war room" the day before the attack, on January 5, and spoke at the meeting organized near the White House just before the attack. 'assault. He then reportedly emailed Vice President Mike Pence's attorney during the Capitol break-in, claiming it was taking place

it was necessary to allow this to be made public ” .

The commission justifies its subpoena by saying that John Eastman appears

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John Eastman reportedly wrote a memo to Donald Trump claiming his Vice President Mike Pence had the power to reject election results in some states, robbing the Democrat of his victory.

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The other people summoned are mostly members of Donald Trump's campaign team whose commission says they helped spread the unfounded claim that the election was

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It features former New York Police chief Bernard Kerik and campaign adviser Jason Miller, who are believed to have attended the January 5 meeting.

Mike Flynn, Donald Trump's former national security adviser, is also summoned, along with his campaign manager William Stepien.

The elected officials of this commission voted at the end of October in favor of the initiation of proceedings for obstructing the work of Congress against Steve Bannon, a close friend of Donald Trump who had not responded to their subpoena.