The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol took the remarkable step Thursday of voting to subpoena former President Trump during what could be its final public hearing.
The televised vote comes after the panel wavered for months on whether it would subpoena the bombastic former president, who has frequently criticized the investigation as a partisan witch hunt designed to hurt him politically.
“He is the one person at the center of the story of what happened on Jan. 6. So we want to hear from him. The committee needs to do everything in our power to tell the most complete story possible and provide recommendations to help ensure that nothing like Jan. 6 ever happens again. We need to be fair and thorough in getting the full context for the evidence we’ve obtained,” Chair Bennie Thomspon (D-Miss.) said shortly before the panel cast a unanimous 9-0 vote in favor of issuing the subpoena.
“We also recognize that a subpoena to a former president is a serious and extraordinary action. That’s why we want to take this in full view of the American people.”
The move marks a major escalation in the effort to hold Trump accountable for the violence at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 — a riot the committee contends was orchestrated by the former president.
The subpoena is not likely to yield fruit, however, as Trump has remained defiant throughout the 16-month investigation. The former president is expected to challenge the subpoena in the courts, a process that is certain to extend beyond the life of the special committee, which is set to end later this year.
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JUST IN: The vote to subpoena former President Trump was 9-0 among committee members. https://t.co/nvJiudzTQI
— The Hill (@thehill) October 13, 2022
The Jan. 6 committee unanimously voted to subpoena Donald Trump.
"We are obligated to seek answers directly from the man who set this all in motion, and every American is entitled to those answers," Rep. Liz Cheney said ahead of the vote. pic.twitter.com/U4MwaewADx
— POLITICO (@politico) October 13, 2022
This is an important moment in American Democracy: the House subpoenas Donald Trump to explain his behavior on January 6th.
— Tim Naftali (@TimNaftali) October 13, 2022
Text of the resolution, as read: "Resolved, that the chairman be and is hereby directed to subpoena Donald J. Trump for documents and testimony in connection with the January 6 attack on the United States Capitol."
An extraordinary, important moment in US history.
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) October 13, 2022
Donald Trump is as guilty as sin itself, testimony or no testimony. He is one of the great villains of American history, joined in the rogues gallery by his enablers as well as the cowards who refused to speak out against him. #January6thCommittee
— Larry Sabato (@LarrySabato) October 13, 2022
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