Trump's lawyers have accepted service of House January 6 committee subpoena [View all]
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Source: CNN Politics
CNN — Lawyers for former President Donald Trump have accepted service of the subpoena from the House January 6 select committee, according to sources familiar with the matter. Trump and his lawyers have until November to 4 to turn over documents sought in the subpoena and until November 14 to testify at a deposition. CNN has reached out to Trump’s lawyers for comment. Trump has criticized the committee but not said whether he would comply with the subpoena.
He did recently share a Fox News story on Truth Social that claimed he “loves the idea of testifying.” But Trump also could fight the subpoena in court in what would likely be a lengthy legal battle that could outlast the committee. Politico first reported on the subpoena being served. The committee announced on October 21 that it had officially sent a subpoena to Trump.
On the day the subpoena was announced, Trump’s attorney David Warrington released a statement saying, “we are going to be handling this matter as counsel for President Donald J. Trump. We understand that, once again, flouting norms and appropriate and customary process, the Committee has publicly released a copy of its subpoena. As with any similar matter, we will review and analyze it, and will respond as appropriate to this unprecedented action.”
The subpoena to Trump set down a marker and made clear the committee wants information directly from the former President as the panel investigates the attack. Republican Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming, who serves as vice chairwoman of the panel, said at a recent Harvard event she assumes Trump will fulfill his legal obligation and honor the committee’s subpoena, “but if that doesn’t happen, then we’ll take the steps we need to take after that, but I don’t want to go too far down that path at this point.” Unlike with previous subpoena announcements, the committee released on Friday the entire subpoena it sent to Trump along with the documents it is requesting.
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Trump and his lawyers have until November to 4 to turn over documents sought in the subpoena and until November 14 to testify at a deposition. CNN has reached out to Trump’s lawyers for comment.
Trump has criticized the committee but not said whether he would comply with the subpoena. He did recently share a Fox News story on Truth Social that claimed he “loves the idea of testifying.” But Trump also could fight the subpoena in court in what would likely be a lengthy legal battle that could outlast the committee.
Politico first reported on the subpoena being served.
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