Subpoena for Trump withdrawn for January 6 insurrection

The former US president suggested that it had been dropped due to impending legal defeat or FBI problems.
The House Select Committee has withdrawn its subpoena ordering former US President Donald Trump to testify and provide documents related to the Capitol riot and 2020 election that was issued on January 6th. On Wednesday, committee chair Bennie Thompson (D-MS) explained in a letter to Trump’s lawyers that the ex-president’s participation was no longer needed as the investigation was over.
After Trump sued the committee to block the subpoena last month, the committee withdrew the subpoena, and Trump gloated over it on his Truth Social platform, hinting that there was more to his being let off the hook than met the eye.
“The Unselect Committee of political Thugs” withdrew “the Subpoena of me concerning the January 6th Protest of the CROOKED 2020 Presidential Election…perhaps because they knew I did nothing wrong, or they were about to lose in Court,” Trump speculated, adding, “Perhaps the FBI’s involvement in RIGGING the Election played into their decision.”
In reference to recent revelations, it appeared that the latter comment was about the FBI’s involvement in suppressing social media coverage of then-candidate Joe Biden’s son Hunter’s laptop story in the months leading up to the 2020 presidential election.
In a tweet on Wednesday, Trump attorney Harmeet Dhillon credited his firm’s separation of powers lawsuit against the committee’s “illegitimate subpoena” with convincing them to “wave the white flag.” Dhillon argued that the investigation had “wasted millions for a purely political witch-hunt,” accusing members of “total abuse of process and power serving no legitimate legislative purpose.”
However, Trump’s was not the only subpoena dropped for lack of time, according to CNN. It was made clear by Republicans that they would not continue the probe once they take control of the House of Representatives next week.
The committee released its final report last week, accusing Trump of participating in a “multi-part conspiracy” to overturn the 2020 election. The report went on to deem Trump the “central cause” of the riot at the Capitol.
The panel also referred Trump to the Justice Department for possible prosecution on grounds of inciting or assisting an insurrection, obstruction of an official proceeding, conspiracy to make false statements to investigators, and conspiracy to defraud the US government. If he is convicted on the insurrection charge, he could be barred from returning to federal office.