The House select committee investigating the deadly Jan. 6 riot at the US Capitol issued subpoenas to four key allies of former President Donald Trump…

…[F]ormer White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, former chief strategist Steve Bannon, former Deputy Chief of Staff for Communications Dan Scavino and former Pentagon official Kash Patel had been subpoenaed because they all were working in or had communicated with the White House either in the days leading up to the riot or on the day itself.

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In letters to all four men, Thompson said that the committee is investigating “the facts, circumstances, and causes” of the riot…

In a letter to Meadows, Thompson cited reports that the then-chief of staff “engaged in multiple elements of the planning and preparation of efforts to contest the presidential election and delay the counting of electoral votes.

“In addition,” Thompson’s letter goes on, ” … while you were the President’s Chief of Staff, you directly communicated with the highest officials at the Department of Justice requesting investigations into election fraud matters in several states” and “contacted several state officials to ensure to encourage investigation of allegations of voter fraud…”

The chairman’s letter to Bannon…notes his presence…in Washington the night before the riot “during an effort to persuade Members of Congress to block the certification of the election”…

The letter to Scavino, best known for operating Trump’s…Twitter account, alleges that he…promoted the “Stop the Steal” rally which precipitated the riot…

Last month, the committee issued a sweeping request for…records…including phone records from members of Congress.

The panel also asked for documents and communications from inside the White House on Jan. 6 that pertain to several key figures in the Trump administration…

In a statement late Thursday, Trump slammed the panel as an “‘Unselect Committee’ of highly partisan politicians, a similar group that perpetrated the now proven lie of Russia…Ukraine…Impeachment Hoax #1, Impeachment Hoax #2, and many other Scams” that…issued “Harassment Subpoenas” to help Democrats “persecute and prosecute Republicans…

“We will fight the Subpoenas on Executive Privilege and other grounds, for the good of our Country,” the former president vowed, “while we wait to find out whether or not Subpoenas will be sent out to Antifa and BLM for the death and destruction they have caused in tearing apart our Democrat-run cities…”…

“Let the people of the United States see the real facts, which cannot happen because the Fake News refuses to write about them,” he concluded…

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(Excerpt from The Washington Post. Article by Samuel Chamberlain. Photo Credit: Samuel Corum/Getty Images).