Capitol attack panel grapples with moving inquiry forward: to subpoena or not?
by Hugo Lowell in Washington DC from US news | The Guardian on (#5V4F4)
The committee is undecided on making the near-unprecedented step as the threat of Republican retaliation looms
The House select committee investigating the Capitol attack is weighing whether to subpoena some of Donald Trump's top allies on Capitol Hill as it considers its options on how aggressively it should pursue testimony to move forward its inquiry into the January 6 insurrection.
The Republican House minority leader Kevin McCarthy and Republican members of Congress Jim Jordan and Scott Perry may have inside knowledge about Trump's plan to stop the certification of Joe Biden's election and whether it was coordinated with the Capitol attack.
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