Capitol panel to investigate Trump call to Willard hotel in hours before attack

Committee to request contents of the call seeking to stop Biden's certification and may subpoena Rudy Giuliani

Congressman Bennie Thompson, the chairman of the House select committee investigating the Capitol attack, has said the panel will open an inquiry into Donald Trump's phone call seeking to stop Joe Biden's certification from taking place on 6 January hours before the insurrection.

The chairman said the select committee intended to scrutinize the phone call - revealed last month by the Guardian - should they prevail in their legal effort to obtain Trump White House records over the former president's objections of executive privilege.