J6 Committee Withdraws Trump Subpoena

The J6 Committee on Wednesday withdrew its subpoena issued to President Donald Trump in October.

The panel’s investigation has concluded as Republicans prepare to take control of the chamber in January.

“As you may know, the Select Committee has concluded its hearings, released its final report and will very soon reach its end,” Chairman Bennie Thompson (D-MS) wrote in a letter to Trump’s lawyer on Wednesday.

“In light of the imminent end of our investigation, the Select Committee can no longer pursue the specific information covered by the subpoena,” Mr. Thompson added.

January 6 Committee Withdraws Donald Trump Subpoena https://t.co/YaK6UB0ybZ

— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) December 29, 2022

Harmeet Dhillon commented on the J6 witch hunt:

2/in court, given precedent & refusal of prior presidents to testify in Congress.J6 committee wasted millions for a purely political witch-hunt, total abuse of process & power serving no legitimate legislative purpose. Kudos to my outstanding @dhillonlaw colleagues for the win!

— Harmeet K. Dhillon (@pnjaban) December 29, 2022

“Was just advised that the Unselect Committee of political Thugs has withdrawn the Subpoena of me concerning the January 6th Protest of the CROOKED 2020 Presidential Election. They probably did so because they knew I did nothing wrong, or they were about to lose in Court. Perhaps the FBI’s involvement in RIGGING the Election played into their decision. In any event, the Subpoena is DEAD!” President Trump wrote on Truth Social.

The Wall Street Journal reported:

In an October letter to Mr. Trump, the committee said its investigation showed that “you personally orchestrated and oversaw a multi-part effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election and to obstruct the peaceful transition of power.” The panel said it recognized that a subpoena to a former president “is a significant and historic action.”

The House committee earlier this month voted to make a raft of criminal referrals to the Justice Department for Mr. Trump related to his attempt to overturn the presidential election. The criminal referrals are the first time such recommendations have been made against a former president. The Justice Department has been pursuing its own investigation related to the events of Jan. 6, 2021, and last month named a special counsel, Jack Smith, to lead that effort.

Last week, the committee also released its final investigative report, a sprawling capstone of more than 800 pages to the panel’s 18-month probe into the attack on the Capitol.