Trump ally Roger Stone subpoenaed in investigation of US Capitol attack
- A committee of lawmakers is also seeking documents and testimony from conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and three others over the January 6 incident
- The panel says Stone and Jones were both involved in a rally that took place before a group of Trump supporters besieged the building
The House committee investigating the January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol subpoenaed five more aides and supporters of former president Donald Trump, including long-time Trump friend and political adviser Roger Stone and radio host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.
The subpoenas announced Monday underscore the panel’s focus on actions and statements by Trump and his backers in the days before, during and after the siege at the Capitol, when the former president’s supporters stormed the building as Congress certified the Electoral College results from the 2020 election.
The committee said Stone and Jones were both involved in a rally that preceded the group marching to the Capitol and storming through police lines in an effort to stop the electoral vote count.
Also subpoenaed Monday were two conservative activists – Dustin Stockton and Jennifer Lawrence – who have ties to former Trump adviser Steve Bannon and allegedly helped organise the rally, as well as Taylor Budowich, a Trump spokesman who the committee said sought to set up a social media and advertising campaign to promote the rally.
“We need to know who organised, planned, paid for, and received funds related to those events, as well as what communications organisers had with officials in the White House and Congress,” committee Chair Bennie Thompson of Mississippi said in a statement.