The House Select Jan 6 Committee has issued a subpoena for former deputy White House press secretary Judd Deere, who has firsthand knowledge of Donald Trump’s behavior before and during the January 6 attack on the Capitol, CNN reported Friday citing a copy of a letter accompanying the subpoena obtained by the network.
Deere reportedly helped with “formulating White House’s response to the January 6 attack as it occurred,” according to the panel’s letter, CNN reported.
The committee is seeking both documents and a deposition next month from Deere about the January 5 staff meeting in the Oval Office with the President.
According to CNN, the committee said it had obtained information that Trump repeatedly asked in the meeting: “What are your ideas for getting the RINOs to do the right thing tomorrow? How do we convince Congress?”
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Deere is the latest in a wide net of individuals in the Trump orbit, both inside and outside the White House, subpoenaed by the House select committee as part of its sweeping probe into the former president’s efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss to Joe Biden, as well as his state of mind — and intent — before, during and after the January 6 insurrection.
The committee has also subpoenaed 14 Republicans from seven states who served on bogus slates of Trump electors in 2020 as part of the Trump campaign’s scheme to subvert the Electoral College.
