January 6 select committee subpoenas "Stop the Steal" rally organizers
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The House select committee investigating the January 6 attack on the Capitol issued 11 additional subpoenas Wednesday, targeting those who planned the "Stop the Steal" rally where former President Donald Trump urged his supporters to march to the building and protest the certification of the election.
The subpoenas suggest the panel is ramping up its investigation into the rally held on the Ellipse near the White House and how it fueled the violence that played out that day. There, Mr. Trump said he was livid with then-Vice President Mike Pence for his refusal to buy into the president's plans to overturn the election and told his supporters they needed to "show strength" at the Capitol. Rudy Giuliani, Mr. Trump's personal lawyer who also spoke at the rally, called for "trial by combat."
The committee sent subpoenas to to Amy Kremer, the chair of the pro-Trump group Women for America First, which organized the rally on the Ellipse; her daughter Amy Kremer, who is the executive director of the group; and Cynthia Chafian, who submitted the first permit application for the event.
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