1/6 pols want Rudy

The House select committee investigating the Capitol riot announced Tuesday it had subpoenaed Donald Trump attorney and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani for documents and testimony related to his claims that voter fraud cost the ex-president the 2020 election.

In the committee also subpoenaed former Trump campaign attorneys Sidney Powell and Jenna Ellis, as well as Trump 2020 strategic adviser Boris Epshteyn.

In a statement, committee Chair Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) said the four had “advanced unsupported theories about election fraud, pushed efforts to overturn the election results, or were in direct contact with the former President about attempts to stop the counting of electoral votes.”

In a separate letter to Giuliani, Thompson cited the former mayor’s reported insistence that Trump order the seizure of voting machines after Giuliani was informed that the Department of Homeland Security did not have the authority to carry out such a move. The panel gave a

Thompson also said Giuliani “actively promoted claims of election fraud on behalf of former President Trump and sought to convince state legislators to take steps to overturn the election results.”

ll four until Feb. 1 to produce documents, and scheduled a deposition for Feb. 8.

The panel also subpoenaed the telephone records of Trump’s son Eric and former adviser Kimberly Guilfoyle, who is engaged to Donald Trump Jr.