Originally posted by Adam_PoE
The House Select Committee investigating the January 6th Capitol riot is poised to send notices to various telecommunications companies requesting that they preserve the phone records of several people, including members of Congress.Preserving communications records is the first step in an investigatory process that could eventually lead to witness testimony. The notices are set to go out as soon as this week and provide the first window into the kinds of information the committee plans to pursue.
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and Representative Jim Jordan both spoke to Donald Trump over the phone the day of the attack.
And Representatives Paul Gosar and Andy Biggs had meetings and discussions with people who have claimed credit for instigating the events of January 6th.
Representatives Mikie Sherrill and Sean Patrick Maloney also saw Republican members of Congress giving reconnaissance tours of the U.S. Capitol the day before the riot.
The House select committee investigating the January 6th attack at the U.S. Capitol demanded records Wednesday of communications related to the assault among federal officials and a host of Trump staffers and allies, including some family members.
In letters to eight federal agencies, including the Justice and Defense departments, the FBI and the National Counterterrorism Center, Representative Bennie Thompson, the chairman of the bipartisan committee, requested a trove of specific communications.
In response, Trump issued a written statement denouncing a "leftist" congressional committee engaged in a "partisan sham," which he intends to contest by way of "executive privilege," which was already denied by the U.S. Supreme Court.
The latest document requests to the National Archives include practically everything that happened the day of the pro-Trump riot"
[list][*]Planning by the White House and others for legal or other strategies to delay, halt, or otherwise impede the electoral count
[*]Any documents and communications relating to instructions to stop or delay preparation for the transition of administrations
[*]Communications discussing the recognition of Joseph Biden as the winner of the 2020 Presidential election
[*]All documents and communications concerning the potential invocation of the Insurrection Act
[*]From November 3, 2020, through January 20, 2021, all documents and communications related to martial law
[*]All documents and communications concerning the use of Federal law enforcement or military personnel during voting in the 2020 Presidential election.[/list]