The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Two Georgia Trump activists subpoenaed

Mom and daughter are linked to the Jan. 6 rally in D.C.

- By Chris Joyner chris.joyner@ajc.com

A House committee charged with investigat­ing the Jan. 6 Capitol riot has subpoenaed two Georgia tea party activists who helped arrange the pro-trump rally in Washington, D.C., that preceded the attack.

Women for America First founder Amy Kremer of Roswell and her daughter Kylie Kremer were on a list of 11 names released Wednesday by the House select committee investigat­ing Capitol attack. The committee is seeking documents and testimony related to the riot.

“The investigat­ion has revealed credible evidence of your involvemen­t in events within the scope of the Select Committee’s inquiry,” the letter to Amy Kremer stated, noting that the permit applicatio­n for the rally was made the same day as former President Donald Trump’s tweet urging people to attend.

“Be there, will be wild,” Trump tweeted Dec. 19.

A letter signed by Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-miss., said Kremer is believed to have “communicat­ed with President Trump, White House officials including Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, and others about the rally and other events planned to coincide with the certificat­ion of

the 2020 Electoral College results.”

The committee, which issued subpoenas to Meadows and three others last week, did not release the actual subpoenas or the list of documents they are seeking. But it said they relate to the planning and funding of the Washington rally, along with any communicat­ions between organizers and the Trump White House.

The Kremers did not respond to a request for comment made through Women for America First. Amy Kremer retweeted a post by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-rome, referencin­g the investigat­ion. On Wednesday Greene posted an apparent screenshot of an email from an investigat­or with the House committee seeking documents and testimony in the investigat­ion.

The first-term congresswo­man wrote that such notices were “being sent to some of President Trump’s strongest supporters” and called the investigat­ion a “witch-hunt” that was “going after innocent people that had nothing to do with a random 3 hour riot.”

Greene blacked out the email’s recipient, but she said it was not to her.

Kylie Kremer, who grew up in Georgia but has an address in New York City, tweeted, “Remember when Trump said, ‘They’re not after me. They’re after you. I’m just standing in the way.’ Are you paying attention yet?”

The Kremers have been behind a number of rallies supporting baseless claims of fraud in the 2020 presidenti­al election, including a November 2020 “Stop the Steal” rally in Washington that drew thousands.

In recent months, they have sponsored “Trump Won” rallies in various locations, often attacking Georgia Republican­s.

 ?? JOSE LUIS MAGANA/ASSOCIATED PRESS ?? Violent insurrecti­onists loyal to President Donald Trump scale the west wall of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6.
JOSE LUIS MAGANA/ASSOCIATED PRESS Violent insurrecti­onists loyal to President Donald Trump scale the west wall of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6.

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