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The House Jan. 6 select committee issued five more subpoenas Monday related to its ongoing investigation into the riot at the U.S. Capitol.
Two of the five subpoenas went out to longtime informal Trump adviser Roger Stone and InfoWars host Alex Jones.
“The Select Committee is seeking information about the rallies and subsequent march to the Capitol that escalated into a violent mob attacking the Capitol and threatening our democracy,” said Rep. Bennie G. Thompson, D-Miss., the panel’s chairman, in a statement.
“We need to know who organized, planned, paid for, and received funds related to those events, as well as what communications organizers had with officials in the White House and Congress. We believe the witnesses we subpoenaed today have relevant information and we expect them to cooperate fully with our effort to get answers for the American people about the violence of January 6th.”
Longtime informal adviser to President Trump Roger Stone (R) and Alex Jones (L) of Infowars speak to cameras outside a hearing where Google CEO Sundar Pichai testified before the House Judiciary Committee at the Rayburn House Office Building on December 11, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
The committee alleged in a press release that Stone was in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 5 and Jan. 6, and “was slated” to speak at the rally on the Ellipse preceding the Capitol breach. It also said he “solicited support to pay for security through the website stopthesteal.org.”
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Stone also allegedly remarked that he planned to “lead a march to the Capitol” from the Ellipse, the Jan. 6 panel said.
“I have said time and time again that I had no advance knowledge of the events that took place at the Capitol on that day,” Stone said in a statement on his website. “Any statement, claim, insinuation, or report alleging, or…
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