Jan. 6 Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson says he wants to speak to Rudy Giuliani and is not ruling out a subpoena to compel his testimony
- The committee has already issued dozens of subpoenas to try to get those close to the former president to testify about the days leading up to the Capitol riot
- Thompson, D-Miss., said that the committee ‘at some point, absolutely’ plans to speak with Giuliani
- Pressed on whether they’d use a subpoena to try to do so, he said they are ‘working through the process’
- Giuliani spearheaded a slew of his lawsuits looking to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, citing baseless claims of election fraud
Rep. Bennie Thompson, chairman of the subcommittee investigating Jan. 6, said Tuesday that he is looking to speak with Rudy Giuliani and the committee is considering issuing a subpoena to compel his testimony.
The committee has already issued dozens of subpoenas to try to get those close to the former president to testify about the days leading up to the Capitol riot.
Thompson, D-Miss., told CNN that the committee ‘at some point, absolutely’ plans to speak with Giuliani. Pressed on whether they’d use a subpoena to try to do so, he said they are ‘working through the process.’
‘He’s an integral part of whatever happens,’ Thompson said.
Thompson, D-Miss., told CNN that the committee ‘at some point, absolutely’ plans to speak with Rudy Giuliani, above
Pressed on whether they’d use a subpoena to try to do so, Thompson, above, said they are ‘working through the process.’
Steve Bannon, Trump’s former chief strategist, was indicted on contempt of Congress charges after refusing to comply with the committee’s subpoena, and his trial is now set to being July 18. The House also voted last month to recommend holding former chief of staff Mark Meadows in contempt, but he has not yet been indicted by the Justice Department.
Meanwhile, the House committee subpoenaed Andy Surabian, Arthur Schwartz and Ross Worthington on Tuesday.
If the committee does not subpoena Giuliani, it could just formally ask him to voluntarily cooperate, as it has done with Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, and Fox News host Sean Hannity.
As Trump’s attorney, Giuliani spearheaded a slew of his lawsuits looking to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, citing baseless claims of election fraud.
Giuliani was reportedly part of a small group of Trump’s inner circle that met at the Willard Hotel leading up to Jan. 6
Giuliani was reportedly part of a small group of Trump’s inner circle that met at the Willard Hotel leading up to Jan. 6, along with Bannon and Trump attorney John Eastman. The group strategized plans to overturn the election, hours before Trump supporters mobbed the Capitol, according to the Guardian.
Thompson himself has already sued Trump and Giuliani for allegedly conspiring to incite violence on Jan. 6.
U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta sounded likely on Monday to allow lawsuits from Democratic lawmakers and Capitol police officers to move forward against Trump and his allies, despite pushes to have them thrown out.