Jan. 6 committee to seek lawmaker records

Source: The Hill | August 23, 2021 | Rebecca Beitsch

The select House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol plans to ask telecommunications companies to turn over the records of several hundred people, including lawmakers, the panel’s chairman, Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), told reporters Monday. 

Thompson declined to identify which lawmakers’ records would be sought in the probe but said the committee is reaching out to tech and communications companies as well as social media platforms.

“We have quite an exhaustive list of people. I won’t tell you who they are, but it’s several hundred people that make up the list of people we are planning to contact,” he said when asked if the list included family members of former President Trump.

CNN was the first to report on the committee’s plan. 

Thompson previously told reporters that the committee may use the August recess to issue subpoenas, but Thompson on Monday said the letters being drafted would instead notify the companies to retain the records.

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Thompson’s confirmation that lawmaker records would be sought is sure to renew focus on House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and staunch Trump defender Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio).

McCarthy and Jordan have both confirmed they held separate phone calls with the former president on Jan. 6.

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