Trump is not 'man enough' to testify in Jan. 6 probe, Pelosi says - Reuters

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WASHINGTON, Oct 23 (Reuters) - Former President Donald Trump is excessively overmuch of a coward to obey a subpoena from the U.S. Congress compelling him to attest to a peculiar committee investigating his relation successful the Jan. 6, 2021 onslaught connected the Capitol, House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi suggested connected Sunday.

"I don't deliberation he's antheral capable to amusement up. I don't deliberation his lawyers volition privation him to amusement up due to the fact that helium has to attest nether oath," Pelosi said successful an interrogation with MSNBC.

"We'll spot if he's antheral capable to amusement up," she added.

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On Friday, the prime committee announced that it had issued the subpoena to Trump, giving him until Nov. 4 to taxable a wide scope of documents related to his activities earlier and aft the deadly Jan. 6 onslaught by the erstwhile president's supporters. The sheet besides informed Trump that it wants him to look for grounds connected oregon astir Nov. 14.

Since helium mislaid the 2020 election, Trump has insisted helium is the unfortunate of wide elector fraud, an allegation that has been dismissed by scores of tribunal cases and audits.

Nevertheless, Trump has maintained helium did thing amerciable successful pressing that case, including connected the time of the Capitol riot. He regularly refers to the legislature sheet arsenic the "unselect committee" and has accused it of waging unfair governmental attacks connected him.

The unit astatine the Capitol erupted arsenic Trump supporters attempted to halt Congress from formally certifying Democrat Joe Biden's decisive triumph successful the 2020 statesmanlike election.

Trump and Pelosi person had a long, stormy relationship.

She guided 2 impeachment proceedings against him and their dislike of each different sometimes was connected nationalist show during his presidency.

At the decision of Trump's 2020 "State of the Union" code to Congress, Pelosi disdainfully tore successful fractional a printed transcript of that code arsenic she sat down him during the nationally televised event. That came aft Trump arrived astatine the House podium to statesman the code and refused to shingle Pelosi's hand.

The erstwhile year, a White House gathering betwixt Trump and legislature leaders connected U.S. argumentation successful Syria erupted successful choler erstwhile Trump reportedly called Pelosi a "third-rate politician" and aboriginal said she was "unhinged."

Outside the White House pursuing the gathering that Democrats stormed retired of, Pelosi told reporters Trump had suffered a "meltdown."

'CRIMINAL OFFENSES'

Also connected Sunday, Republican Representative Liz Cheney told NBC's "Meet the Press" that Trump apt has committed respective transgression offenses that the U.S. Department of Justice perchance tin prosecute him on.

"We person been precise wide astir a fig of antithetic transgression offenses that are apt astatine contented here," said Cheney, 1 of 2 Republican members connected the prime House panel.

"He has demonstrated his willingness to usage unit to effort to halt the peaceful modulation of power," Cheney said.

She did not laic retired circumstantial transgression charges the committee could urge successful an upcoming study pursuing a much than year-long investigation.

Cheney, who mislaid her Republican enactment relation implicit her criticisms of Trump, arsenic good arsenic her 2022 superior election, said, "We person enactment connected grounds that helium admitted that helium mislaid (the 2020 statesmanlike election).

"But adjacent if helium thought that helium had won, you whitethorn not nonstop an equipped mob to the Capitol. You whitethorn not beryllium for 187 minutes and garbage to halt the onslaught portion it's underway. You whitethorn not nonstop a tweet that incites further violence," Cheney said.

Cheney did not accidental what the sheet would bash if Trump refuses to cooperate with the subpoena. If helium testifies, she said, "he's not going to crook this into a circus."