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Donald Trump’s lawyers accepted service of the House Jan. 6 committee’s subpoena by Oct. 26, 2022. The panel had voted on Oct. 13 to authorize it and issued the subpoena on Oct. 21, with documents due Nov. 4 and testimony scheduled for Nov. 14.
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Donald Trump’s lawyers accepted service of the House Jan. 6 committee’s subpoena by Oct. 26, 2022. The panel had voted on Oct. 13 to authorize it and issued the subpoena on Oct. 21, with documents due Nov. 4 and testimony scheduled for Nov. 14.
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Donald Trump’s lawyers accepted service of the House Jan. 6 committee’s subpoena by Oct. 26, 2022. The panel had voted on Oct. 13 to authorize it and issued the subpoena on Oct. 21, with documents due Nov. 4 and testimony scheduled for Nov. 14.
By October 18, 2022, the House Jan. 6 committee had already voted, five days earlier, to subpoena Donald Trump. The formal subpoena would not be issued until October 21, but the panel had made clear that it wanted documents and testimony from the former president.
As of Oct. 17, 2022, Donald Trump had not yet been subpoenaed by the House Jan. 6 committee. The committee had already voted on Oct. 13 to direct its chairman to issue the subpoena, which was formally issued on Oct. 21.
The House Jan. 6 committee voted on Oct. 13, 2022, to authorize a subpoena for Donald Trump; the subpoena was issued later, on Oct. 21. The move came as the panel wrapped up an investigation that had already built a record on Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election and his conduct around the attack on the Capitol.
On Oct. 7, 2022, the House Jan. 6 committee had not yet voted to subpoena Donald Trump. That vote came on Oct. 13, and the subpoena was issued on Oct. 21.
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