Trump subpoena: Former president ordered to testify to January 6 committee

The US legislature committee investigating past year's Capitol riot has issued a ineligible summons ordering erstwhile President Donald Trump to attest to lawmakers.

Addressing him, the subpoena reads: "You were astatine the halfway of the archetypal and lone effort by immoderate US President to overturn an election."

It goes on: "You knew this enactment was amerciable and unconstitutional."

Mr Trump could look transgression charges if helium does not comply with the summons.

The prime committee is looking into Trump supporters' convulsive storming of the US Capitol gathering connected 6 January, 2021.

The panel's 7 Democrats and 2 Republicans unanimously voted past week to unit the Republican to attest astir his relation successful the riot.

Lawmakers accidental Mr Trump egged connected his supporters to cull the 2020 statesmanlike predetermination result, starring them tempest the halls of Congress successful an effort to forestall Joe Biden from being certified arsenic the winner.

They accidental his mendacious claims of elector interference and arguments that the predetermination was "stolen" were a circumstantial effort to instigate a coup against the US government. However, they person not referred him to the US Justice Department to look imaginable transgression charges.

The subpoena was issued conscionable hours aft erstwhile Trump strategist Steve Bannon was fined $6,500 (£5,833) and sentenced to 4 months successful jailhouse for contempt of Congress. He was convicted aft refusing to supply either grounds oregon documents to the January 6 committee.

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