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Trump Questions Why January 6 Committee Waited to Ask for His Testimony - Statement

© AP Photo / Andrew HarnikFormer President Donald Trump speaks at an America First Policy Institute agenda summit at the Marriott Marquis in Washington, July 26, 2022.
Former President Donald Trump speaks at an America First Policy Institute agenda summit at the Marriott Marquis in Washington, July 26, 2022.  - Sputnik International, 1920, 13.10.2022
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WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - Former US President Donald Trump questioned why the US House committee tasked with investigating the events at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, waited until the end of their public hearing series to request his testimony, following the panel’s vote earlier in the day to issue him a subpoena.
"Why didn’t the Unselect Committee ask me to testify months ago? Why did they wait until the very end, the final moments of their last meeting? Because the Committee is a total ‘BUST’ that has only served to further divide our Country, which, by the way, is doing very badly - a laughing stock all over the World? [sic]" Trump said via social media on Thursday.
Earlier on Thursday, the US House committee unanimously agreed to a resolution to subpoena Trump, who they claim bears significant responsibility for the incident.
A video of President Donald Trump recording a statement on Jan. 7, 2021, is played, as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol holds a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, July 21, 2022.  - Sputnik International, 1920, 13.10.2022
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January 6 Committee Votes to Subpoena Trump
On January 6, 2021, demonstrators entered the US Capitol complex and delayed the certification of the 2020 US presidential election results in favor of Joe Biden. Hundreds of individuals have since been charged with crimes related to the event.
Trump said the US House committee knowingly failed to examine "massive voter fraud" that took place during the election and reasserted that voter and election fraud were the reasons for the January 6 incident.
The committee contends that Trump knowingly advanced allegations of electoral impropriety as part of his purported plan to overturn 2020 election results despite knowing the claims to be false.
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