The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol has subpoenaed the man who dispersed a PowerPoint laying out the Trump campaign’s plans for contesting the 2020 election and who briefed several lawmakers on the strategy.
The subpoena to Phil Waldron, a retired Army colonel, comes after his 38-page PowerPoint titled “Election Fraud, Foreign Interference & Options for 6 JAN” was included in a trove of emails to former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows.
“Mr. Waldron reportedly played a role in promoting claims of election fraud and circulating potential strategies for challenging results of the 2020 election. He was also apparently in communication with officials in the Trump White House and in Congress discussing his theories in the weeks leading up to the January 6th attack. The document he reportedly provided to Administration officials and Members of Congress is an alarming blueprint for overturning a nationwide election,” Chair Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) said in a statement Thursday.
The subpoena follows reporting from The Washington Post in which Waldron said he spoke to Meadows “maybe eight to 10 times” but that he did not email the PowerPoint directly to Meadows.
Waldron dispersed the materials as part of his work with John Eastman, who crafted the memo laying out options for contesting the election, including having then-Vice President Mike Pence buck his ceremonial duties of certifying the election results.
Waldron was also present at the Willard Hotel “war room” where the Trump campaign met in the days leading up to Jan. 6.
Waldron told The Post that he briefed several members of Congress on the plan during a Jan. 5 meeting in a congressional office but declined to name the other participants.
He also said he briefed Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) ahead of a Dec. 16 election security hearing held by the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.
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Among the recommendations in the presentation are to declare a national emergency as well as declare “electronic voting in all states invalid.”
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House panel subpoenas author of Jan. 6 PowerPoint https://t.co/oy0nBAynZm pic.twitter.com/0VNc5ciAcL
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Phil Waldron, who is being subpoenaed by the Jan 6 committee, has recently become more prominent for his role in the Stop the Steal movement, but he's been part of the effort since last year. Just who is he, and what has he done? New for @thedispatch: https://t.co/I41tWFEkU2
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