On Friday, the House Select Committee subpoenaed Donald Trump for documents related to the Capitol riot.
In a letter to Trump, the committee said it has gathered "overwhelming evidence" that he orchestrated and oversaw a multi-part effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
Trump tried to stay in power even though he lost the election to Joe Biden.
Efforts were included.
- Spreading bogus claims of voter fraud to overturn the results in battleground states that Biden won and to boost Trump's political contributions;
- Pressuring Justice Department officials to "make false statements" aimed at nullifying Biden's victory;
- "Illegally" pressuring state officials to alter results in battleground states Trump lost;
- Overseeing an effort to send false slates of electors to Congress and the National Archives;
- Pressuring then-Vice President Mike Pence to unilaterally reject some states' electoral counts on January 6, 2021, "despite knowing specifically that it was illegal" to do so;
- Pressured congressional lawmakers to object to legitimate slates of electors from battleground states;"Filing false information, under oath, in federal court";
- Filing false information, under oath, in federal court";
- Calling tens of thousands of his supporters to protest Congress' certification of the electoral vote on January 6, 2021 despite "knowing they were angry and some were armed," and "sending them to the Capitol";
- Putting out a message on social media as the Capitol attack was unfolding "in which [Trump] incited further violence by publicly condemning [the] Vice President";
- Waiting hours before calling for the pro-Trump mob to leave the Capitol, "while you watched the attack unfold on television."
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