January 6 committee subpoenas 14 individuals who acted as "alternate electors"

The House select committee investigating the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol announced Friday it had issued subpoenas to 14 individuals who participated as "alternate electors" in an apparent scheme to contest and ultimately overturn President Biden's victory in the 2020 election.

The committee is demanding testimony and documents from individuals who met and later submitted illegitimate Electoral College certificates in seven states: Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, New Mexico, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. Their deadlines to appear are mid to late February.

"The Select Committee is seeking information about attempts in multiple states to overturn the results of the 2020 election, including the planning and coordination of efforts to send false slates of electors to the National Archives," the committee's chairman Bennie Thompson said in a statement. "We believe the individuals we have subpoenaed today have information about how these so-called alternate electors met and who was behind that scheme."