This archive report was first published on 30 September 2021.
On September 29, 2021, the House select committee investigating the January 6 Capitol attack issued 11 more subpoenas, targeting allies of President Donald Trump who were involved in the planning and organizing of the 'Stop the Steal' rally that fueled the mob violence on January 6, 2021.
The rally, organized by the pro-Trump group Women for America First, took place on the Ellipse in Washington, D.C., where thousands gathered as President Trump tried to pressure Congress and his own vice president, Mike Pence, to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
Representative Bennie Thompson, Democrat of Mississippi and the chairman of the committee, wrote in letters accompanying the subpoenas, 'You assisted in organizing the rally held at the Ellipse in Washington, D.C., on January 6, 2021, in support of then-President Trump and his allegations of election fraud.'
The committee also sought information from Mark Meadows, the former White House chief of staff; Dan Scavino Jr., who was a deputy chief of staff; Stephen K. Bannon, Mr. Trump's former adviser; and Kash Patel, the former Pentagon chief of staff, in a previous round of subpoenas.
The latest subpoenas are the second batch that the panel has issued, after an initial tranche that focused on some of Mr. Trump's closest allies who were in contact with him before and during the deadly attack.
