According to reports, the House Special Committee, which is investigating the January 6th Capitol riots, will require the telephone company to keep records of former President Donald Trump and his family, as well as some Republican lawmakers who played a role in “stopping the riots.” Steal” rally.
Sources familiar with the matter tell us On Monday, the committee asked those who they believed to “attend, speak, actively plan or encourage people to attend” the rally to provide records.
They did not disclose the names of the legislators they were targeting, nor did they disclose the methods they would use to gain access to the records.
These requests mark the Commission’s latest investigations in a week full of requests for records.Last week, the House of Representatives passed against tech giants such as Facebook, Twitter and Google. ask “All comments, research, reports, data, analysis, and communications” of people who may be involved in the attack.
These requests may have the power to determine who the committee will call as witnesses later in the investigation.
According to CNN sources, the list of people they requested for records includes Republican Representative Lauren Bobert of Colorado, Marjorie Taylor Green of Georgia, Jim Jordan of Ohio, Andy Biggs in Arizona, Paul Gosall in Arizona, Mobrooks in Alabama, Madison Cousorn in North Carolina, Matt Gates in Florida, and Texas Louis Gommert of California, Jody Heath of Georgia and Scott Perry of Pennsylvania.
The list is still being developed and is made up of many Trump supporters who helped spread false statements about the 2020 presidential election.
This 13-member team was formed in July to investigate the violent rebellion. Nearly 600 people were arrested for participating in the attack on the Capitol.
Trump called the committee’s communication request a “partisan scam, a waste of taxpayers’ money.”
