The special committee investigating the storming the capitol of the United States has unanimously approved in a vote this Thursday Subpoena former President Donald Trump to testify under oaththe man whom that same committee points to as the maximum instigator and responsible for that violent attack on democracy.
By skipping a mere invitation that would more than likely have been turned down and going straight for a subpoena, which Trump is sure to turn down as well and will fight in courtthe committee has given a step aggressive and even though potentially ineffectivefull of symbolism.
“We know that a summons to a former president is a serious and extraordinary action, That is why we want to take this step in full view of the US people & rdquor ;, said Bennie Thompson, president of the committee, before the vote. “All the Americans deserve those answers so we can act now protect our republic“, also added the Republican congresswoman liz cheneywhich has singled out collaborators and advisers to the former president who have refused to testify or have invoked the fifth amendment to not answer questions: Roger Stone, Michael Flynn, John Eastmann, Jeff Clark, Steve Bannon, Pete Navarro and Mark Meadows.
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The step taken by the committee comes in a decisive moment, less than 26 days before the mid-term elections. In that vote, the Republicans start as favorites to wrest control of the Lower House from the Democrats, a victory that would represent the certain death of the committee’s work. But, in addition, on federal and state ballots there are hundreds of Republican candidates who continue to propagate and defend Trump’s big lie about a non-existent electoral fraud in the 2020 presidential elections.
premeditated plan
The vote on the subpoena has come after a hearing where the committee has done another detailed review of Trump’s actions. “The central cause of January 6 was a man, Donald Trump, who was followed by many others. None of this would have happened without him. He was personally and significantly involved in everything & rdquor ;, Cheney has assured, that after defining violence and illegality as “unjustifiable & rdquor; of that day, he has added: “Our nation can’t punish foot soldiers alone who stormed our Capitol & rdquor ;. The view has recalled that Trump had a “premeditated plan” even before the elections for declare yourself the winner no matter what and shake the specter of fraud if he lost. That accusation has been ratified with, among other things, a recording of the extremist Steve Bannon, Trump adviser. The committee has also exposed again how, despite publicly falsely maintaining that he had won, and reacting “pissed off & rdquor; and “furious” to the Supreme Court’s refusal to certify his allegations without basis of fraud, Trump was aware that he had lost. It has been demonstrated, for example, by pointing out that after the elections he signed a order to withdraw troops from Somalia and Afghanistan by January 20knowing that his mandate had ended (the order was not executed). This Thursday’s session has also made new revelations about the violence of that day in which the victory of Joe Biden had to be certified in Congress, which Trump and his circle knew would happen and did not prevent but incited and also they tried to minimizer. At one point, for example, video was shown of Roger Stone, an informal adviser to the former president, saying “fuck the vote, we’re going straight to violence & rdquor ;.