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Jan. 6 panel issues subpoenas for organizers of pro-Trump rally

September 30, 2021
Donald Trump supporters storm the Capitol Hill in a Stop the Steal rally.
Donald Trump supporters storm the Capitol Hill in a Stop the Steal rally.

WASHINGTON -- The House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection on Wednesday issued its second round of subpoenas, focusing on 11 individuals who helped organize a Stop the Steal rally in Washington at which President Trump incited his followers to storm the U.S. Capitol.

Committee Chair Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., sent the subpoenas that he said “compels” each individual to produce relevant documents by Oct.13 and to appear on Capitol Hill for a deposition later that month.

The individuals sent subpoenas late Wednesday were Amy Kremer, Caroline Wren, Cynthia Lee Chafian, Hannah Salem Stone, Justin Caporale, Katrina Pierson, Kylie Jane Kremer, Lyndon Brentnall, Maggie Mulvaney, Megan Powers and Tim Unes.

Wren, a top campaign fundraiser for Trump, and Pierson, the national spokesperson for Trump’s 2016 reelection campaign, are seen as key witnesses in helping to determine how much of Trump’s reelection campaign funds and personnel were involved in the planning for the Jan. 6 rally. Wren was listed as “VIP Adviser” to event organizers on the permit application. Pierson was a liaison between event organizers and the White House, according to the New York Times.

Amy Kremer and her daughter, Kylie Jane Kremer, were the main organizers of the rally. Their organization, Women for America First, was listed on the permit that was granted by U.S. Park Police for the event.

The committee noted that Kremer’s group organized rallies in D.C. on Nov. 14 and Dec. 12 as well, “and two ‘March for Trump’ nationwide bus tours that generated interest and attendance at the Washington rallies.” The Nov. 14 and Dec. 12 events resulted in violent clashes in the streets of Washington between Trump supporters and counterprotesters.

“The subpoenas seek a range of records that include materials dealing with the planning, funding, and participation in the events and bus tours; social media activity of associated entities; and communications with or involvement of Trump Administration officials and lawmakers,” the committee said in a press release. -- Agencies


September 30, 2021
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