Former White House counsel Pat Cipollone was reportedly subpoenaed by a federal grand jury as the Justice Department investigation of the events surrounding the Capitol riot ratchets up.
Attorneys for Cipollone are expected to negotiate any appearance with the panel similar to how they negotiated his testimony before the House Jan. 6 committee last month, ABC News reported Tuesday.
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Federal prosecutors have reportedly been examining efforts to challenge the 2020 election, including the alternate elector scheme, and former President Donald Trump is said to be a subject of interest in lines of questioning as his legal team prepares for possible charges.
Last month, Marc Short, the former chief of staff to then-Vice President Mike Pence, and Greg Jacob, who was his counsel, delivered testimony to the federal grand jury.
As the White House counsel, Cipollone was privy to the inner workings of the Trump White House and efforts to challenge the 2020 election. Video snippets of his testimony before the Jan. 6 committee last month show him criticizing Trump for not condemning the rioters sooner and recounting musings of Trump allies about how to challenge the election.
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So far, the Justice Department has prosecuted more than 850 individuals for crimes related to the Capitol riot and has doled out a number of subpoenas to individuals who participated in the alternate electors scheme.
