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Jan. 6 committee subpoenas Giuliani, 3 other Trump allies, accuses them of pushing election lies
The committee said Rudy Giuliani, Jenna Ellis, Sidney Powell and Boris Epshteyn "publicly promoted unsupported claims about the 2020 election and participated in attempts to disrupt or delay the certification of election results."
Rudy Giuliani listens as President Donald Trump speaks at the White House on Sept. 27, 2020.
Salwan Georges / The Washington Post via Getty Images file
Jan. 18, 2022, 4:29 PM CST / Updated Jan. 18, 2022, 5:32 PM CST
By Dareh Gregorian and Haley Talbot
The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack
By Dareh Gregorian and Haley Talbot
The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol issued subpoenas Tuesday to Rudy Giuliani and three other allies of former President Donald Trump involved in efforts to overturn the 2020 election results.
The committee said Rudy Giuliani, Jenna Ellis, Sidney Powell and Boris Epshteyn "publicly promoted unsupported claims about the 2020 election and participated in attempts to disrupt or delay the certification of election results."
"The four individuals we’ve subpoenaed today advanced unsupported theories about election fraud, pushed efforts to overturn the election results, or were in direct contact with the former President about attempts to stop the counting of electoral votes," Committee Chair Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., said in a statement.
Giuliani, Ellis and Powell were some of the most visible advocates of the former president's stolen election lies, and appeared together at a news conference at Republican National Committee headquarters in November 2020 baselessly alleging that Trump had been the victim of "centralized" voter fraud. Powell was later publicly removed from the legal team, but continued filing legal challenges to the election.
The committee said in a news release that Giuliani "actively promoted claims of election fraud on behalf of the former President and sought to convince state legislators to take steps to overturn the election results. He was reported to have been in contact with then-President Trump and various Members of Congress regarding strategies for delaying or overturning the results of the 2020 election."
Powell, Thompson said in a letter, also promoted election fraud claims and was reported to have "urged President Trump to direct the seizure of voting machines around the country to find evidence that foreign adversaries had hacked those machines and altered the results of the election."
Giuliani and Powell did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Ellis, the committee said, "reportedly prepared and circulated two memos purporting to analyze the constitutional authority for the Vice President to reject or delay counting electoral votes," while Epshteyn reportedly "had a call with former President Trump on the morning of January 6th to discuss options to delay the certification of election results in the event of Vice President Pence’s unwillingness to deny or delay the certification."
Asked if he had any comment on the subpoena, Epshteyn replied, "Nope," in a text message to NBC News.
Ellis could not immediately be reached for comment.
The panel says it has interviewed almost 400 witnesses as part of its investigation into the origins of the the Jan. 6 riot. A number of Trump allies have challenged the committee's subpoenas, arguing they don't have to comply because they were advising Trump and are protected by executive privilege.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/jan-6-committee-subpoenas-giuliani-3-other-trump-lawyers-accuses-n1287670
The committee said Rudy Giuliani, Jenna Ellis, Sidney Powell and Boris Epshteyn "publicly promoted unsupported claims about the 2020 election and participated in attempts to disrupt or delay the certification of election results."
Rudy Giuliani listens as President Donald Trump speaks at the White House on Sept. 27, 2020.
Salwan Georges / The Washington Post via Getty Images file
Jan. 18, 2022, 4:29 PM CST / Updated Jan. 18, 2022, 5:32 PM CST
By Dareh Gregorian and Haley Talbot
The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack
By Dareh Gregorian and Haley Talbot
The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol issued subpoenas Tuesday to Rudy Giuliani and three other allies of former President Donald Trump involved in efforts to overturn the 2020 election results.
The committee said Rudy Giuliani, Jenna Ellis, Sidney Powell and Boris Epshteyn "publicly promoted unsupported claims about the 2020 election and participated in attempts to disrupt or delay the certification of election results."
"The four individuals we’ve subpoenaed today advanced unsupported theories about election fraud, pushed efforts to overturn the election results, or were in direct contact with the former President about attempts to stop the counting of electoral votes," Committee Chair Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., said in a statement.
Giuliani, Ellis and Powell were some of the most visible advocates of the former president's stolen election lies, and appeared together at a news conference at Republican National Committee headquarters in November 2020 baselessly alleging that Trump had been the victim of "centralized" voter fraud. Powell was later publicly removed from the legal team, but continued filing legal challenges to the election.
The committee said in a news release that Giuliani "actively promoted claims of election fraud on behalf of the former President and sought to convince state legislators to take steps to overturn the election results. He was reported to have been in contact with then-President Trump and various Members of Congress regarding strategies for delaying or overturning the results of the 2020 election."
Powell, Thompson said in a letter, also promoted election fraud claims and was reported to have "urged President Trump to direct the seizure of voting machines around the country to find evidence that foreign adversaries had hacked those machines and altered the results of the election."
Giuliani and Powell did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Ellis, the committee said, "reportedly prepared and circulated two memos purporting to analyze the constitutional authority for the Vice President to reject or delay counting electoral votes," while Epshteyn reportedly "had a call with former President Trump on the morning of January 6th to discuss options to delay the certification of election results in the event of Vice President Pence’s unwillingness to deny or delay the certification."
Asked if he had any comment on the subpoena, Epshteyn replied, "Nope," in a text message to NBC News.
Ellis could not immediately be reached for comment.
The panel says it has interviewed almost 400 witnesses as part of its investigation into the origins of the the Jan. 6 riot. A number of Trump allies have challenged the committee's subpoenas, arguing they don't have to comply because they were advising Trump and are protected by executive privilege.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/jan-6-committee-subpoenas-giuliani-3-other-trump-lawyers-accuses-n1287670
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