The parliamentary committee, which investigates the insurrection of the month of January, wants to hear Kayleigh McEnany. The former press attaché of the White House had made many public statements on a supposed fraud during the presidential election of 2020.
Le Monde with AFP
The parliamentary committee investigating the Capitol’s assault by supporters of Donald Trump on January 6th launched, Tuesday, November 9, a new salvage of assignments to appear for relatives of the former US president.
Among the target people, Figure Kayleigh McEnany, the old white house spokesman in the last year of the mandate of Republican billionaire.
“As spokesperson for the White House you have made many public statements at the White House and elsewhere about a supposed fraud during the November 2020 election, [allegations] including people who attacked the Capitol on January 6 were echoed, “says the Commission in the summoning assignment for me me McENANY.
Only 31 years old at the time of taking office on April 7, 2020, M me McENANY, a graduate of the prestigious Harvard Law School, has always been perceived as a specific lawyer of the Trumpism. In February 2020, while the president minimized the threat represented by COVID-19, she assured Fox News: “This president will always give priority to America. He will always protect US citizens. We will not see of diseases like coronavirus come here. “
More than 150 people already interviewed
Near Councilor of Donald Trump, Stephen Miller has also been assigned to appear, for preparing with his team the speech delivered by the Republican billionaire at the January 6 gathering which took place not far from the White House, shortly before The Congress Attack.
Among the other relatives of Mr. Trump in this new series of assignments, are Nicholas Luna, assistant of the former president, Christopher Liddell, the former chief of deputy cabinet at the White House, and Keith Kellogg, former national security advisor of the vice president of the time, Mike Pence.
“We believe that the witnesses assigned to appear today have relevant information and we expect them to collaborate in the investigation,” said the President of the Commission, the elected Democrat Bennie Thompson .
The parliamentary committee had announced on Monday, other convocations, including members of the Donald Trump campaign team like Michael Flynn, the former National Security Advisor of the Republican President, or His former Campaign Manager Bill Stepien. As part of this investigation, the Commission has already interviewed more than 150 people, according to the Republican elected Liz Cheney.