Jan. 6 Panel Withdraws Subpoena Issued to Trump

The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot withdrew a subpoena it issued in October to Donald Trump as the investigation has wrapped up and Republicans are set to take control of the chamber in January.

“As you may know, the Select Committee has concluded its hearings, released its final report and will very soon reach its end,” Chairman Bennie Thompson (D., Miss.) wrote in a letter to the former president’s lawyer on Wednesday. “In light of the imminent end of our investigation, the Select Committee can no longer pursue the specific information covered by the subpoena,” Mr. Thompson added.

The subpoena demanded documents and testimony from Mr. Trump. Many legal observers didn’t expect him to willingly cooperate, and Mr. Trump filed a lawsuit in November to block the subpoena.

“Was just advised that the Unselect Committee of political Thugs has withdrawn the Subpoena of me concerning the January 6th Protest of the CROOKED 2020 Presidential Election,” Mr. Trump wrote Wednesday night in a social-media post. “They probably did so because they knew I did nothing wrong, or they were about to lose in Court.”

In an October letter to Mr. Trump, the committee said its investigation showed that “you personally orchestrated and oversaw a multi-part effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election and to obstruct the peaceful transition of power.” The panel said it recognized that a subpoena to a former president “is a significant and historic action.”