Select committee issues a new round of subpoenas to Jan. 6 rally organizers

Laura Clawson

Daily Kos Staff

Friday December 10, 2021 · 1:36 PM PST

2021/12/10 · 13:36

FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2021 file photo, Rep. Mo Brooks, R-Ark., speaks in Washington, at a rally in support of President Donald Trump called the "Save America Rally." Brooks, teasing the announcement of a possible run for U.S. Senate, has scheduled a campaign rally on Monday, March 22, 2021, where he will be joined by former President Donald Trump adviser Stephen Miller. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File) — Rep. Mo Brooks addresses the crowd on the Ellipse on Jan. 6.

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The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol has issued six new subpoenas, more evidence that it is not sitting around waiting for contempt convictions against the Trump loyalists who have defied its subpoenas.

Robert "Bobby" Peede Jr. and Max Miller were present for a Jan. 4 White House meeting with Donald Trump and Katrina Pierson to discuss who would speak at the Jan. 6 rally at the Ellipse, according to the committee’s letters to Peede and Miller. Miller, additionally, tried to get political appointees in the Trump administration to overrule career government employees enforcing longstanding rules about where event structures can be placed relative to the White House.

Brian Jack, then Trump’s director of political affairs, reached out to members of Congress, including Rep. Mo Brooks, to ask them to speak at the rally. Brooks wore body armor to the rally, at which he told the crowd, “Today is the day American patriots start taking down names and kicking ass.”

Bryan Lewis, Ed Martin, and Kimberly Fletcher were all involved in applying for rally permits or planning rallies in cooperation with Ali Alexander, according to the committee’s information.

The committee is giving these people a Dec. 23 deadline for turning over documents, and wants depositions between Jan. 4 and 10, the week of the one-year anniversary of the insurrection.

Select committee issues a new round of subpoenas to Jan. 6 rally organizers

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