Politico: “The select committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection on Wednesday sent a flurry of requests to federal agencies for records related to the attack, including communications from the Trump White House. It’s the panel’s first step to seek documents on how the U.S. government handled the chaos. Set up by House Democrats with two anti-Trump GOP members, the select committee is escalating its investigation even as the House breaks for a month-long recess.”

“The committee announced that it plans to seek records from the executive branch related to the attack and its run-up – including ‘communications within and among the White House and Executive Branch agencies’ on and before Jan. 6. The requests also sought records on attempts to place politically loyal personnel in positions across the government after the election, the planning, organization, and response to Jan. 6 and earlier, and attempts to overturn the rule of law and overturn the 2020 election. The panel sent requests to the National Archives and Records Administration, the Department of Justice, the Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of the Interior, the FBI and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. The select committee is expected to focus on documents from the U.S. Park Police, a component of the Department of the Interior; and the National Counterterrorism Center, a component of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. That Center was established after the Sept. 11 attacks as a hub for analysis about terror threats.”