House January 6 committee subpoenas Trump campaign leadership and associates

The House select committee investigating the January 6 attack on the Capitol on Monday issued a new slate of subpoenas to top-level members of the 2020 Trump reelection campaign, as well as individuals who promoted disproven conspiracies about the election and reportedly worked to find ways to overturn the results.

This latest blitz of subpoenas signifies that the committee is focusing in part on the connection between the promotion of false theories about election fraud and the crowd of Trump supporters who stormed the Capitol and disrupted the certification of the election after they listened to speeches from the former president and his allies.

From the Trump reelection effort, the committee demanded records and depositions from campaign manager William Stepien, senior adviser Jason Miller and executive assistant Angela McCallum. The committee  also sent subpoenas to former President Trump's attorney John Eastman, who The Washington Post reported advised Mr. Trump incorrectly that his vice president had the ability to reject electors from states and could overturn Joe Biden's victory.