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The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack subpoenaed former White House counsel Pat Cipollone on June 29, 2022, a day after Cassidy Hutchinson’s public testimony put him back at the center of the panel’s inquiry. Hutchinson said Cipollone had warned against bringing Donald Trump to the Capitol and had voiced concern about the legal risk surrounding the president’s actions that day. citeturn0search0turn0search5turn0search6

The committee said it wanted Cipollone’s firsthand account of Trump’s push to overturn the 2020 election, including the false-electors effort and events tied to Jan. 6. Hutchinson’s testimony gave investigators a witness who described internal warnings inside the White House, and the subpoena made clear the panel wanted Cipollone’s version under oath. citeturn0search0turn0search5turn0search6

Cipollone had served as White House counsel, placing him near the center of conversations about what Trump and his advisers were planning, what lawyers were saying, and how the administration responded as the attack unfolded. The move signaled that the committee was not stopping with a single witness account and was pressing for testimony from people who were in the room when the critical decisions were being discussed. citeturn0search0turn0search5turn0search6