The January 6 House select committee's latest round of subpoenas reveals its desire to know more about a private company calling itself Stop the Steal sent, which was created after the 2020 election and helped plan a rally outside the Capitol that day.
sent, which was created after the 2020 election and helped plan a rally outside the Capitol that day.
The panel sent a subpoena to Ali Abdul Akbar, also known as Ali Alexander, a Stop the Steal organizer who had found prominence online as a conspiracy theorist arguing the election had been stolen from former President Trump. On January 5, Alexander led crowds at Freedom Plaza in chants of "victory or death."
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 6: Trump supporters clash with police and security forces as people try to storm the US Capitol on January 6, 2021 in Washington, DC. Demonstrators breeched security and entered the Capitol as Congress debated the 2020 presidential election Electoral Vote Certification. / Credit: brent stirton / Getty Images
"The rally on the Capitol grounds on January 6, like the rally near the White House that day, immediately preceded the violent attack on the seat of our democracy," Thompson wrote.The committee will likely issue more subpoenas after this batch, said Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren, who sits on the panel. They have already compiled a trove of documents.
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