Former White House Counsel Pat Cipollone to Testify Before January 6 Committee

Pat Cipollone, who served as White House counsel to Donald Trump and opposed the former president’s attempts to fight the results of the 2020 election, will reportedly testify before the January 6 committee on Friday.

The planned testimony, first reported on by the New York Times, comes after the committee issued a subpoena to compel Cipollone to appear before it. He is not expected to testify publicly and will sit down for a recorded, transcribed interview, according to the outlet.

Cipollone was at the White House on January 6, 2021 and advised the president against marching towards the Capitol, per testimony from former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson. Hutchinson also said that after the riot, Cipollone told Trump not to pardon those who took part in the January 6 attack on the Capitol.