Panel subpoenas organizers of Trump rally

A House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection has subpoenaed 11 officials who helped plan rallies in support of former President Donald Trump ahead of the violent attack, including the event the day of the siege.

The announcement follows a first round of subpoenas last week that targeted former White House and administration officials who were in contact with Trump before and during the insurrection.

The committee said in a release Wednesday that the subpoenas are part of the panel’s efforts to collect information from the organizers “and their associated entities on the planning, organization, and funding of those events.”

In letters to those who were subpoenaed, Mississippi Rep. Bennie Thompson, the chairman of the committee, demands the officials provide documents by Oct. 13 and appear at separate depositions the committee has scheduled from late October through the beginning of November.