The 19 Demands Jan. 6 Committee Seeks from Trump in 'Historic' Subpoena

The House January 6 committee has issued a list of 19 demands to former President Donald Trump while formally subpoenaing him to testify about his role in the Capitol riot.

The committee noted that "issuing a subpoena to a former President is a significant and historic action" and said that it "does not take this action lightly" in the document sent to Trump on Friday. The subpoena orders Trump to testify to the committee in a deposition either at the Capitol or remotely on November 14.

Trump has also been ordered to provide several pieces of evidence related to his activities and communications on, before and after January 6, 2021. A list of related items that the committee says he must submit no later than November 4 is included in an attached "schedule" of demands.

"As demonstrated in our hearings, we have assembled overwhelming evidence, including from dozens of your former appointees and staff, that you personally orchestrated and oversaw a multi-part effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election and to obstruct the peaceful transfer of power," the committee wrote to Trump.

The committee's subpoena says that Trump is "hereby required to produce all documents and communications" that are "related or referring in any way to" the items listed on the attached schedule.

Schedule of Requirements:

1. Every phone call, text message and communication using the messaging app Signal, or by other means, that Trump placed or received on January 6, 2021. This includes all communications regardless of whether he was "an active or passive participant."
2. Any communications that Trump placed, received or directed from December 18, 2020 to January 6, 2021, with any member of Congress concerning the 2020 presidential election.
3. All photos and videos related to the events of January 6, including Trump's rally at the Ellipse, the joint session of Congress and the riot itself.
4. Any records related to Trump's communications concerning the 2020 election or the January 6 joint session of Congress from November 3, 2020 (Election Day) to January 5, 2021.
5. Notes, summaries and other documents related to communications concerning the events of January 6 "including, but not limited to, any information about your possible travel to the Capitol on that day." This applies to all documents from November 3, 2020, to the present.
6. All documents or communications from September 1, 2020, to the present that concern the Oath Keepers, the Proud Boys or similar groups or members of groups that were in Washington, D.C., on January 6, 2021.
7. Any communications from September 1, 2020 to January 20, 2021, involving plans to interfere in state certifications of election results or to appoint alternative electors to support Trump in the Electoral College in states won by President Joe Biden.
8. Every communication, document or social media post from November 3, 2020 to January 6, 2021, concerning former Vice President Mike Pence and the events of January 6.
9. All documents and communications related to the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the 2020 presidential election. No time frame was specified for this demand.
10. From November 3, 2020, to the present, any documents or communications concerning Pence's role in the January 6, 2021, joint session of Congress.
11. Any document or communication from November 3, 2020 to January 6, 2021, that involves "Representative Scott Perry or any other Member of Congress" and concerns presidential electoral votes, planning for January 6, the joint session of Congress, DOJ staff changes or "any other topic related to an effort to alter the results" of the election.
12. Communications and documents from November 3, 2020 to January 6, 2021, that involve "efforts to encourage or summon individuals to travel" to Washington, D.C., on January 6.
13. From November 3, 2020, to the present, any communication or document related to court filings that "may have had the effect of delaying or disrupting the joint session of Congress on January 6, 2021." This demand specifically cites emails mentioned in court hearings related to former Trump lawyer John Eastman's lawsuit against the committee.
14. Any other communications from November 3, 2020 to January 20, 2021, that involve Trump and the following individuals: Steve Bannon, Roger Stone, Michael Flynn, Jeffrey Clark, John Eastman, Rudy Giuliani, Jenna Ellis, Sidney Powell, Kenneth Chesebro, Boris Epshteyn, Christina Bobb, Cleta Mitchell or Patrick Byrne.
15. Documents and communications from November 3, 2020 to January 6, 2021, that refer "in any way" to losing lawsuits concerning the 2020 election.
16. From July 1, 2021, to the present, any communications concerning witnesses who appeared before the committee or "might be expected to appear," as well as communications with the lawyers of witnesses or potential witnesses.
17. Any documents or communications from November 3, 2020 to January 6, 2021, that refer to fundraising efforts based on claims of a "stolen" election.
18. All documents and communications involving or referring to "the destruction of materials that previously existed and that would have been covered by any part of this subpoena," or by other subpoenas that the committee has issued.
19. Information "sufficient to identify every telephone or other communication device" that Trump used from November 3, 2020 to January 20, 2021.

The January 6 committee unanimously voted to subpoena Trump during its final public hearing last week.

Trump responded by blasting the "unselect Committee of political Hacks & Thugs" in a Truth Social post, before sending Representative Bennie Thompson of Mississippi, the committee chair, a long statement complaining about the decision and repeating false claims that the 2020 election was "rigged" to favor Biden.

"A large percentage of American Citizens, including almost the entire Republican Party, feel that the Election was Rigged and Stolen," Trump wrote. "No work was done by the Committee on Election Fraud ... Despite very poor television ratings, the Unselect Committee has perpetuated a Show Trial the likes of which this Country has never seen before."

Former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner told Newsweek that the former president's response was "deeply and sharply self-incriminating" and presented "further evidence of Donald Trump's ongoing conspiracy to commit offenses against and defraud the United States."

Trump has yet to publicly comment on the specifics of the committee's formal subpoena or the detailed list of demands facing him.

Newsweek has reached out to Trump's office for comment.