WASHINGTON: The January 6 House committee investigating the Capitol uprising is subpoenaing James P. Phil Waldron, a lifelong liaison to former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, who the panel says will lead to the 2020 presidential election. forwarded false claims of fraud in
The committee’s Democratic chairman, Mississippi Representative Benny Thompson, cited reports of Waldron’s communications with Meadows and members of Congress about his unfounded theories in the weeks before the rebellion by supporters of former President Donald Trump.
Thompson also cited the PowerPoint presentation that the committee said he used to brief members of Congress, calling it a dangerous blueprint for reversing Trump’s defeat.
“The selection committee investigation and public reports have revealed credible evidence that you have information about attempts to obstruct or delay the authentication of 2020 election results,” Thompson wrote in the summons.
The committee said Waldron reportedly claimed to have visited the White House on several occasions after the election and spoke to Meadows eight to 10 times.
At the time, Trump was pushing false claims of widespread voter fraud and lobbying Vice President Mike Pence and Republican members of Congress to try to reverse the count in Congressional certification on January 6. Trump’s claims were repeatedly rejected by the courts as well as election officials across the country.
An angry crowd of Trump supporters were echoing his false claims as he brutally beat police and barged into the building that day, obstructing President Joe Biden’s certification of victory.
Meadows’ contacts have become an intense focus for the committee before the rebellion when the former Republican congressman provided the panel with thousands of his emails and texts related to the attack. The House voted to contemplate Meadows this week when he later said he would no longer cooperate.
The panel described several Meadows communications as making a case for contempt. The lawmakers said one of Meadows’ emails made reference to a 38-page PowerPoint, titled Election Fraud, Foreign Interference and Options for January 6,” which was intended to be shared on Capitol Hill.
Waldron is one of more than 40 people summoned by the committee. The panel has already interviewed around 300 people as it seeks to create a comprehensive record of the attack and its aftermath.
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