“The Committee of Inquiry has found evidence that Mr Cipollone has repeatedly expressed legal and other concerns about President Trump’s activities on January 6 and in the past few days,” said Benny Thompson, a Democrat from Mississippi. Wyoming Republican Liz Cheney. , refers to an announcement. Cipollone and former White House Deputy Advisor Pat Philbin met with the commission’s investigators for an informal interview in April. Cipollone was considering some form of cooperation with the commission, under certain restrictions, ABC News reported earlier. The new summons comes a day after Cipollone was repeatedly quoted in the testimony of Cassidy Hutchinson, who was a top aide to Trump’s chief of staff, Mark Meadows, before and during the January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol. Hutchinson told the committee during a hearing Tuesday that on the morning of Jan. 6, Shipolone was adamant that Trump should not accompany his supporters to the Capitol after addressing them at the Ellipse near the White House earlier that day. “We will be charged with every crime imaginable if we make this movement happen,” Cipollone recalled telling her at the time. A lawyer familiar with Cipollone’s discussions told ABC News in response to the committee’s announcement: “Of course a summons was necessary before even the former White House adviser considered the transfer of the testimony before the committee.” Pat Cipollone attends a briefing at the White House Rose Garden in Washington, DC, March 29, 2020. Patrick Semansky / AP, ARCHIVE “Now that a summons has been issued, it will be evaluated for any privileged issues that may be appropriate,” the lawyer said. The commission wrote in a letter to Cipollone with his summons that “they continued to gather evidence of which you are the only one able to testify; however, you refused to cooperate further with us.” Cipollone was one of the few aides who was with then-President Trump in the West Wing on Jan. 6. ABC News reported that in the days following the attack on the Capitol, it informed Trump that Trump could possibly face civil liability in connection with his role in encouraging supporters to march on the Capitol. Sources said there will be a number of circumstances that could serve to complicate any possible appearance of Cipollone – including the question of who is challenging him and for how long. if there are current privilege issues; and if Trump would approve of his appearance. Cipollone also made it clear that his testimony would be limited to former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark’s attempt to use DOJ powers to advance Trump’s efforts to overthrow the 2020 presidential race, sources said. discussions. Both Cipollone and Philbin, his deputy, attended a meeting at the Oval Office on January 3, 2021, where Trump insisted on replacing then-Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen with Clark, a Trump ally who had vowed to use the Ministry of Justice to investigate the election. Shipolone and Philbin made it clear to Trump that they would resign if Clark was installed, according to a Senate committee report released last year that analyzes cases where Trump and his allies tried to use the DOJ to overthrow the election.
