​Jan. 6 Panel Votes to Subpoena Trump, Setting Up Court Fight

"The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol voted unanimously Thursday to issue a subpoena to former President Donald J. Trump to question him about his role in events that led to the violence that consumed Congress ‘He is required to answer for his actions,’ said Representative Bennie Thompson, Democrat of Mississippi and the chairman of the committee, at the end of what was possibly the panel’s final public session. ‘He is required to answer to those police officers who put their lives and bodies on the line to defend our democracy.’ The vote emerged after the committee presented a sweeping summation of its case against Mr. Trump, including more details about his state of mind and his central role in the effort to overturn the 2020 election. ...”

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