Donald Trump To Be Subpoenaed By The Jan. 6 Committee

One of the biggest takeaways from the hearing was that former aides told the committee that Trump acknowledged in private that he lost the election.

In one clip played Thursday, former White House director of strategic communications Alyssa Farah testified that she remembered walking into the Oval Office a week after the election and Trump saying, “Can you believe I lost to this fucking guy?” as he watched TV coverage of Joe Biden.

The committee also recently obtained 1.5 million emails and other records from the Secret Service that shed light on what happened on and around Jan. 6.

“Just fyi, POTUS is pissed,” one Secret Service agent wrote in an email in December 2021 as the Supreme Court rejected a lawsuit brought forward by Trump’s team.

Other emails showed the Secret Service had intelligence about the security risks ahead of the Capitol attack.

“Their plan is literally to kill people,” read a tip sent to the Secret Service in December 2020. “Please please take this tip seriously and investigate further,” the message shown during the hearing reads.

On Jan. 6, one Secret Service agent texted at 12:36 p.m., “With so many weapons found so far, you wonder how many are unknown. Could be sporty after dark.”

Rep. Pete Aguilar of California said the panel would be recalling witnesses and “conducting further investigative depositions” in light of the Secret Service communications. It wasn’t immediately clear if this would mean more public hearings.

The committee’s final report will be released sometime before the new Congressional term begins in January 2023. Thirty days after the report is published, the committee investigating Jan. 6 will be dissolved.

Whether there are criminal charges filed against the former president for his role in the Jan. 6 riot is something that will be up to the Justice Department. So far, DOJ officials have charged more than 850 people who participated in the insurrection.

In response to Thursday’s hearing, the former president criticized the panel on Truth Social, his social media platform.

“The Unselect Committee knowingly failed to examine the massive voter fraud which took place during the 2020 Presidential Election – The reason for what took place on January 6th,” Trump wrote.

Outside of this subpoena, the former president and his organization are also facing many state and federal investigations.

In September, New York’s attorney general announced that she was suing Trump, three of his children, and the Trump Organization for fraud. In addition to this, the organization is set to go on trial in October for criminal tax charges in Manhattan.

The former president is also being investigated by authorities in Georgia for potential criminal election interference; at the federal level, he is being investigated for mishandling classified documents under the Presidential Records Act.