The bipartisan House select committee investigating the January 6th domestic terrorist attack on the Capitol issued its second round of subpoenas to eleven organizers and funders of the official rallies that preceded the attack, Politico reports.
The subpoenas target the “Stop the Steal” event at which Donald Trump spoke on the Ellipse on the morning of January 6th. Many members of the crowd at that rally marched to the Capitol to participate in the attack. Trump and others, including Congressman Mo Brooks, urged the crowd to take action to stop the Congressional certification of the Electoral College results that named Joe Biden the 46th President.
Katrina Pierson, Amy Kremer and Caroline Wren were involved with the group Women for America First, who took out rally permits for January 6th. Pierson was a 2016 Trump campaign spokesperson, and she was a liaison between various groups and the Trump camp in 2020 as a senior advisor to the campaign.
Pierson reportedly had a personal meeting with Trump on January 4th. Pierson was also involved in arrangements for a rally that was held at Freedom Plaza on January 5th, organized by Eighty Percent Coalition, that featured speakers like Roger Stone, Mike Flynn and Ali Alexander. The group’s founder, Cindy Chifian, was also subpoenaed.
Also subpoenaed was Maggie Mulvaney, the niece of Mick Mulvaney, former Trump White House Chief of Staff. Maggie Mulvaney was shown on permit applications to be the “VIP lead” for the rally. She is reportedly working as a Republican Congressional staffer.
Others receiving subpoenas include Tim Unes, the leader of a company called Event Strategies, which was affiliated with the Jan. 6 event; Unes’ associate Justin Caporale, who is listed as a “project manager” for the event; Megan Powers, listed on paperwork as an “operations manager” for the event; Kylie Jane Kremer, who is listed as a point of contact for the event; Hannah Salem Stone, who is listed as an operations manager for the event; and Lyndon Brentnall, listed as an “on-site supervisor” for the event. The subpoenas demands documents from the organizers by October 13 and depositions between October 21 and November 3.