The House Select Committee investigating the January 6 attack is continuing to issue subpoenas against high profile individuals as it probes the events before and after the Capitol riot.
The panel, which consists of seven Democrats and two Republicans, has been seeking records and sworn testimony from dozens of people as it looks into the circumstances which led up to the mob of Donald Trump supporters attempting to stop the certification of the 2020 Election results.
In addition to the subpoenas, a number of key figures from Trump's inner circle have also voluntarily given interviews after being requested by the panel, including his daughter Ivanka Trump, and Fox News host Sean Hannity.
On Thursday, the House select committee took the unprecedented step of subpoenaing five sitting members of Congress, including House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, as part of its inquiry into Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
Below, Newsweek has compiled the biggest names who have been subpoenaed by the January 6 panel, including the five GOP lawmakers.
Kevin McCarthy
McCarthy, the leading Republican in the House, was in frequent conversations with Trump before, during, and after the January 6 attack, as well as other White House staff members, claims the committee. McCarthy claimed to have spoken with Trump in the immediate aftermath of the attack.
Rep. Scott Perry
The panel said the Pennsylvania congressman was directly involved with efforts to install a pro-Trump ...
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