WASHINGTON: A House panel probing the US Capitol uprising on Tuesday summoned two Republican strategists and a Trump administration official over their involvement in the planning and preparation of one of the pre-attack rallies.
Benny Thompson, the Democratic chairman of the panel, issued summons to strategists Andy Surbian and Arthur Schwartz who advised Donald Trump Jr., and Ross Worthington, a former White House official, said the committee drafted former President Donald Trump’s speech. helped to do. The rally that took place directly before the January 6 attack.
We have reason to believe that the individuals we have summoned today have relevant information and we expect to be among the more than 340 individuals who have spoken with the Select Committee as we continue this attack on our democracy. Let’s proceed to investigate and ensure that this never happens again, Thompson said in a letter on Tuesday.
Worthington is a former Trump White House and campaign aide who served as a speechwriter and policy adviser. He previously worked for former Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich, a Trump ally.
Surbian is a GOP strategist who has worked in Trump’s orbit with Trump’s eldest son, Trump Jr., former Trump strategist Steve Bannon, and others. The committee alleges that Schwartz, another strategist who worked with Trump Jr. and Bannon, communicated with people including Trump Jr. and his fiancé and Trump fundraiser Kimberly Guilfoyle about the January 6 rally on the Ellipse.
Schwartz had no comment when reached by The Associated Press on Tuesday, and Surbian and Worthington did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
The panel has already interviewed over 300 people as it seeks to create a comprehensive record of the January 6 attack and the events that followed.
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.
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