(Washington) A parliamentary committee investigating Donald Trump supporters’ attack on Capitol Hill on January 6 opened a new round of subcommittees on Tuesday for relatives of the former president, including former White House spokeswoman Kylie McNani.
“As a White House spokesman, you have made a number of public statements in the White House and elsewhere about fraud in the November 2020 election. [des allégations] It was echoed by the people who attacked the capital on January 6, ”the commission said in a summons against Mr.Me McNani.
Shortly before the attack on Congress, Stephen Miller, a close adviser to Donald Trump, was also subpoenaed for preparing with his team a speech made by a Republican billionaire at a January 6 rally near the White House.
Mr. Trump’s other relatives in the new round of summons include former presidential aide Nicholas Luna, former White House deputy chief of staff Christopher Liddell and then vice president Mike Pence’s national security adviser Keith Kellogg. .
“We believe the witnesses who subpoenaed today have relevant information and we hope they will cooperate in the investigation,” said Benny Thompson, the commission’s chairman and Democrat ‘.
A parliamentary committee on Monday announced other summonses, including members of the Donald Trump campaign team, such as Michael Flynn, the former national security adviser to the former Republican president, or his former campaign manager, Bill Stephen.
As part of the investigation, the commission has already interviewed more than 150 people, according to Republican-elected spokeswoman Liz Cheney.