The House Select committee investigating the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol issued another round of subpoenas Tuesday as congressional investigators dig more deeply into the fake electors plot designed to overturn the election results in swing states that former President Donald Trump lost to Joe Biden.
The panel issued subpoenas to six individuals, including two Republican lawmakers and four prominent GOP officials from battleground states, CNN reports.
“The Select Committee is seeking information about efforts to send false slates of electors to Washington and change the outcome of the 2020 election. We’re seeking records and testimony from former campaign officials and other individuals in various states who we believe have relevant information about the planning and implementation of those plans,” Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson (D-MS) said in a statement, according to the report.
The subpoena list includes Republican state Reps. Douglas Mastriano of Pennsylvania, Mark Finchem of Arizona. The list also includes Kelli Ward, chairwoman of the Arizona Republican Party, and Laura Cox, former chairwoman of the Michigan GOP.
Trump campaign officials Michael Roman, who was in charge of Election Day operations in 2020, and his deputy, Gary Michael Brown were also subpoenaed by the committee. Both “reportedly participated in efforts to promote allegations of fraud in the November 2020 election and encourage state legislators to appoint false ‘alternate’ slates of electors,” according to the committee.
