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Jan. 6 Panel Tightens the Noose Around Trump’s Orbit
The House Jan. 6 committee spent December 17 deepening its investigation into the former president’s inner circle, with new subpoena fallout and mounting signs that it was following not just the public rhetoric but the private coordination behind the effort to overturn the election. That is bad news for Trump because the committee’s work is no longer just about his speech on January 6; it is about the infrastructure around it, including aides, planners, and political operatives who helped build the pressure campaign before the attack on the Capitol.