There’s no wiggle room in the law for former President Donald Trump to weasel his way out of a subpoena from the Jan. 6 committee, one of the panel’s two Republican members declared on Sunday.
Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) delivered the stern message after the House select committee unanimously voted last week to subpoena Trump for documents and testimony and the former president released a long-winded statement attacking the panel.
“He’s required by law to come in, and he can ramble and push back all he wants. That’s the requirement for a congressional subpoena — to come in,” Kinzinger said on ABC.
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George Stephanopoulos, the host of This Week, asked the congressman if the Justice Department should hold Trump in criminal contempt if he refuses to comply with the subpoena.
“That’s a bridge we cross if we have to get there,” Kinzinger replied, adding that Trump has “made it clear he has nothing to hide — is what he says — so he should come in on the day we ask him to come in … If he pushes off beyond that, we’ll figure out what to do next.”
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In a 14-page statement issued Friday, Trump denounced the panel as being made up of “highly partisan political Hacks and Thugs” and criticized Congress for funding the investigation into the Capitol riot despite it being what he calls a “Charade and Witch Hunt.” However, the former president did not directly say whether he intends to cooperate with the subpoena.
“It was 14 pages of … seems like every statement the former president does now is increasingly long and even more rambling, so I don’t know. I couldn’t glean whatever he got from that,” Kinzinger quipped.
