Bernard Kerik, a former New York City police commissioner who helped coordinate space for the Trump team’s “war room” at the Willard Hotel, plans to comply with a subpoena from the Jan. 6 committee but is demanding an apology from the panel.
At issue for Kerik is the committee’s assertion that he attended a Jan. 5 meeting at the hotel where participants reportedly discussed different strategies for overturning the election results.
At the meeting was longtime friend Rudy Giuliani as well as John Eastman, who crafted a memo outlining former President Trump's options for alleged pathways to contest the election.
But Kerik never attended the meeting in Washington, his attorney wrote the panel in a letter first reported by Politico and obtained by The Hill, because he was in New York dealing with a family emergency.
“For these reasons, Mr. Kerik demands that both the letter and press release be withdrawn or corrected and an apology issued. Whether intentional or negligent, allowing these false statements to stand on the website of this committee is improper and should be corrected,” Timothy Parlatore, Kerik’s attorney, wrote Tuesday.
Kerik is sought by the committee not only because of the meeting but also because of comments he made to The Washington Post detailing that his firm billed the Trump campaign more than $55,000 for rooms for the legal team and another $10,000 in other travel expenses. He also reportedly led efforts to investigate claims of voter fraud.
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