Pat Cipollone

Rep. Liz Cheney is continuing to call for the testimony of White House counsel Pat Cipollone, who according to witness testimony, had grave concerns as the ...

She also testified that Cipollone warned against Trump going to the U.S. Capitol with protesters. "Mark, something needs to be done. "It’s time for Mr. Cippollone to testify on the record," she continued.

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Any concerns he has about the institutional interests of his prior office are outweighed by the need for his testimony.” It’s time for Mr. Cippollone to testify on the record. Cassidy Hutchinson, an aide to Trump Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, said Cipollone had been concerned about the president’s plans to join the mob at the attack on the Capitol. “Mr. Cipollone said something to the effect of, ‘Please make sure we don’t go up to the Capitol, Cassidy. Keep in touch with me,’” Hutchinson told the panel, recalling that Cipollone added: “We’re going to get charged with every crime imaginable if we make that movement happen.” On Wednesday morning, Cheney tweeted: “As we heard yesterday, WH counsel Pat Cippollone had significant concerns re.

Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) on Wednesday renewed her calls for former White House counsel Pat Cipollone to testify before the House committee investigating the ...

We invite you to join the discussion on Facebook and Twitter. His office advised against a number of Trump’s schemes and also pushed back when the president sought to appoint a new attorney general to forward investigations into his baseless claims of election fraud. “Our committee is certain that Donald Trump does not want Mr. Cipollone to testify here. Cipollone has met with the committee behind closed doors but did so voluntarily and did not do a formal deposition. Any concerns he has about the institutional interests of his prior office are outweighed by the need for his testimony,” Cheney, the panel’s vice chair, wrote on Twitter Wednesday morning. It’s time for Mr. Cippollone to testify on the record.

The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack wants former White House counsel Pat Cipollone and others to testify in probe.

Who is the former aide to Mark Meadows? We have serious legal concerns if we go up to the Capitol that day.” “It’s time for Mr. Cippollone to testify on the record,” Cheney said in a tweet. Take me up to the Capitol now,’” Hutchinson quoted Ornato as telling her. “However, based on my understanding of the communications that spurred the Committee’s request, I do not understand the need to speak with Mrs. Thomas.” He said the emails with Eastman, texts with Meadows and a letter she sent to state lawmakers about alleged election fraud provided no basis for an interview. "Ms. Hutchinson testified, under oath, and recounted what she was told," Hunt said. - What's next for the committee?: The committee has not scheduled another hearing. Cipollone stressed on Jan. 3, 2021, and Jan. 6, 2021, that Trump shouldn’t visit the Capitol because the movement could expose him to criminal charges such as inciting a riot, Hutchinson said. Hutchinson also told the committee the White House deputy chief of staff for operations, Anthony Ornato, described Trump demanding to head toward the Capitol as his security detail drove him back to the White House after his rally Jan. 6, 2021. Ex-White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson said Tuesday that she overheard Trump tell staff on Jan. 6 that he was unconcerned about people carrying weapons to his rally that preceded the riot at the Capitol, and his top aides knew before that day that violence was possible. - Cheney again calls on Cipollone to talk: The Jan. 6 committee's vice chair, Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., called at the end of the last two hearings for former White House counsel Pat Cipollone to testify because he was in a key position to know how former President Donald Trump prepared for Jan. 6 and how he reacted to the attack.

Cassidy Hutchinson says Trump knew his supporters had guns when he urged them to march to the Capitol – follow all the latest news.

... They have reminded me a couple of times that Trump does read transcripts and just to keep that in mind as I proceed through my depositions and interviews with the committee.” A former senior White House aide testified that Donald Trump knew some of his supporters were armed on January 6 and still encouraged them to march on the Capitol. Cassidy Hutchinson, a former senior adviser to White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, said she overheard a conversation with Trump shortly before he addressed a rally crowd on January 6. They’re literally calling for the vice-president to be f-ing hung.” ... They have reminded me a couple of times that Trump does read transcripts and just to keep that in mind as I proceed through my depositions and interviews with the committee.” Donald Trump himself repeatedly pressured Pence to disrupt the certification process. “I want all Americans to know that what Miss Hutchinson has done today is not easy. Cheney, the Republican vice-chair of the committee, quoted testimony from two witnesses who said they were advised to remain loyal to Trump in their comments to investigators. Liz Cheney described potential witness tampering among Trump’s allies in connection to the January 6 investigation. Some of Trump’s closest advisers, including Meadows, expressed fear days before the insurrection that January 6 could turn violent. I’m doing the right thing, I’m protecting who I need to protect. They can march to the Capitol from here.” The rally where Trump spoke culminated in the insurrection, which resulted in several deaths. I’m doing the right thing, I’m protecting who I need to protect.

Former White House lawyer emerged as key figure in bombshell testimony from former aide.

Mark Meadows' former aide Cassidy Hutchinson (inset) testified that then-White House counsel Pat Cipollone (right) was immensely concerned about Donald ...

What's that going to say about you?' Donoghue told the committee last week. The second message, apparently sent to a witness the day before their deposition, states: 'He wants me to let you know that he's thinking about you. 'I know he was always - him and the team were always saying, "Oh, we’re going to resign. A previous notable example of a lawyer bringing down an administration is John Dean, Richard Nixon's White House counsel. We’re not going to be here if this happens, if that happens." At one of the committee's previous hearings, Cheney said lawmakers were 'certain that Donald Trump does not want Mr. Cipollone to testify here.' Hutchinson, the 25-year-old former assistant to Donald Trump's Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, spent roughly two hours on Tuesday telling the committee and Americans across the country her firsthand account of the battle within the Trump White House to keep the former president from marching to the US Capitol with his supporters on January 6. 'Mr. Cipollone said something to the effect of, "please make sure that we don't go up to the Capitol, Cassidy, keep in touch with me",' the former White House staffer said. Rep. Liz Cheney on Wednesday renewed her public call for former White House counsel Pat Cipollone to testify before the January 6 committee in the wake of explosive testimony from former senior Trump administration aide Cassidy Hutchinson. Liz Cheney calls for Trump's White House counsel Pat Cipollone to testify on the record after committee heard he said 'we're going to going to get charged with every crime' if staff went to the Capitol Cipollone warned her that the administration would be 'charged with every crime imaginable' if officials went along with Donald Trump's alleged plan to overturn the election on January 6. - Hutchinson's bombshell public hearing on Tuesday described efforts by officials to stop Trump marching to the US Capitol with his supporters on January 6

The committee said that it required Cipollone's testimony after obtaining other evidence about which he was “uniquely positioned to testify.”

Cipollone was quoted by one witness as having told Trump the letter was a “murder-suicide pact.” Cipollone, who was Trump’s top White House lawyer, is said to have raised concerns about the former president’s efforts to overturn his 2020 election defeat and at one point threatened to resign. Federal agents recently seized Clark’s cell phone and conducted a search of his Virginia home. He doesn’t think they’re doing anything wrong.” The morning of Jan. 6, she testified, Cipollone restated his concerns that if Trump did go to the Capitol to try to intervene in the certification of the election, “we’re going to get charged with every crime imaginable.” Hutchinson said Cipollone warned prior to Jan. 6 that there would be “serious legal concerns” if Trump went to the Capitol with the protesters expected to rally outside.

According to the subpoena, Cipollone sat for an "informal interview" with the committee on April 13. Now, Cheney and Thompson said, "the committee needs to hear ...

Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) again called on former White House counsel Pat Cipollone to testify before the Jan. 6 committee, one day after damning testimony by a former White House aide tied former President Trump to the attack. Cassidy Hutchinson, a top aide to former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, delivered the most damning testimony to date in the Jan. 6 hearings, tying former President Trump directly to the attack and providing potential evidence if criminal charges are pursued. - Former top White House aide Cassidy Hutchinsontestified on Tuesdaythat Cipollone warned her on Jan. 6, "we're going to get charged with every crime imaginable" if Trump went to the Capitol. The details: The subpoena says the panel has "credible evidence" Cipollone could provide information on "Trump's awareness of and involvement in activities undertaken to subvert the outcome of the 2020 presidential election," including: - Now, Cheney and Thompson said, "the committee needs to hear from him on the record, as other former White House counsels have done in other congressional investigations." - "In the weeks since, the Select Committee has continued to obtain evidence about which you are uniquely positioned to testify," it said, adding that Cipollone "declined to cooperate with us further" after April 13.

The news comes a day after an aide to former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows told the committee​ that Cipollone pushed back on former President ...

"Our committee is certain that Donald Trump does not want Mr. Cipollone to testify here," she said. "On January 3rd, Mr. Cipollone had approached me knowing that Mark [Meadows] had raised the prospect of going up to the Capitol on January 6th," she said. More than once, the committee has played a clip addressing Cipollone's threats to resign after the election over plans to try to keep Trump in office. In previously recorded testimony played at the hearing, she said that he was also concerned that it would look like they were inciting a riot. "Indeed, our evidence shows that Mr. Cipollone and his office tried to do what was right. "While the Select Committee appreciates Mr. Cipollone's earlier informal engagement with our investigation, the committee needs to hear from him on the record, as other former White House counsels have done in other congressional investigations." We're — we have serious legal concerns if we go up to the Capitol that day.'" This is getting out of control," Hutchinson testified. She also told the committee that Cipollone was part of a group of people who convinced Trump to speak on January 7, but noted in previously recorded testimony that he tried to discourage the president from saying anything about a pardon. She also recalled Cipollone "barreling" down the hallway at approximately 2 p.m. on January 6 to try to get Meadows to talk to Trump. She said Cipollone told Meadows that the rioters had gotten to the Capitol and they needed to see Trump immediately — but said Meadows responded, "He doesn't want to do anything, Pat." John Wood, who was the investigative lawyer for the Jan. 6 committee before he resigned last week, told CBS News on Wednesday that subpoenaing Cipollone was a "necessary step" because it's "really important" for the committee to speak with him. Hutchinson said that language was something to the effect of "Fight for Trump. We're going to march to the Capitol," adding that Trump also wanted to include things "about the vice president at the time, too."

WASHINGTON (AP) - The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection issued a subpoena Wednesday to for...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection issued a subpoena Wednesday to former White House counsel Pat Cipollone, who previous witnesses have testified was in meetings in which lawyers debated strategies to overturn former President Donald Trump’s election loss. The subpoena came one day after former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson provided new details about Trump’s behavior on Jan. 6, 2021, when thousands of his supporters marched on the U.S. Capitol and broke inside to disrupt the certification of his loss to President Joe Biden. Jan. 6 committee subpoenas Pat Cipollone, former WH counsel

The House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, US Capitol attack has issued a subpoena to compel testimony from Pat Cipollone, ...

Any concerns he has about the institutional interests of his prior office are outweighed by the need for his testimony." "Any concerns Mr. Cipollone has about the institutional prerogatives of the office he previously held are clearly outweighed by the need for his testimony." It's time for Mr. Cipollone to testify on the record. The committee is now taking the step to issue a subpoena in an effort to force his formal cooperation. The committee said in its subpoena letter that it has obtained evidence that Cipollone is "uniquely positioned to testify" but he has "declined to cooperate" past that interview, leaving the panel with "no choice" but to issue the subpoena. He has resisted talking further with the committee after previously sitting for a closed-door interview on April 13.

The House of Representatives panel probing the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol said on Wednesday it had subpoenaed Pat Cipollone, who was White ...

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Clark had drafted a letter for key swing states that was never sent but which would have falsely claimed the department had discovered troubling irregularities in the election. Cipollone, who was Trump's top White House lawyer, is said to have raised concerns about the former president's efforts to overturn his 2020 election defeat and at one point threatened to resign. Federal agents recently seized Clark's cell phone and conducted a search of his Virginia home. He doesn't think they're doing anything wrong.'" The morning of Jan. 6, she testified, Cipollone restated his concerns that if Trump did go to the Capitol to try to intervene in the certification of the election, "we're going to get charged with every crime imaginable." Hutchinson said Cipollone warned prior to Jan. 6 that there would be "serious legal concerns" if Trump went to the Capitol with the protesters expected to rally outside.

Donald Trump's former White House counsel Pat Cipollone was subpoenaed Wednesday for a deposition by the House's Jan. 6 committee.

Cipollone was one of the few aides who was with then-President Trump in the West Wing on Jan. 6. "Now that a subpoena has been issued, it'll be evaluated as to matters of privilege that might be appropriate," the lawyer said. A lawyer familiar with Cipollone's deliberations told ABC News in response to the committee's announcement: "Of course a subpoena was necessary before the former White House counsel could even consider transcribed testimony before the committee."

Mr. Cipollone, who repeatedly fought extreme plans to overturn the election, had resisted publicly testifying to the panel.

Mr. Cipollone, who was aligned with Mr. Barr and a lawyer working in the White House named Eric Herschmann, also tried to persuade Mr. Trump to stop pursuing baseless claims of fraud. “That letter that this guy wants to send — that letter is a murder-suicide pact,” Mr. Cipollone told Mr. Trump, according to testimony the panel has received. But the testimony of Mr. Cipollone — who participated in key conversations on Jan. 6 and throughout Mr. Trump’s efforts to overturn the election, and is known to have doubted the legality of many of those plans — could prove consequential. Mr. Cipollone, who defended Mr. Trump during his first impeachment trial, pushed back against some of the most extreme plans the president considered. I don’t ever want to see that letter again.” Since then, Mr. Cipollone has resisted testifying publicly, despite calls from the committee for him to do so. “Our committee is certain that Donald Trump does not want Mr. Cipollone to testify here. “He should appear before this committee, and we are working to secure his testimony.” And we should have nothing to do with that letter. Here are the main themes that have emerged so far: He doesn’t think they’re doing anything wrong.” A lawyer familiar with Mr. Cipollone’s deliberations, who was not authorized to speak for the record, said that the subpoena was needed before the former White House counsel could consider transcribed testimony before the committee, and that Mr. Cipollone would now evaluate matters of privilege as appropriate.

Donald Trump's former counsel was a key witness to some of the ex-president's most brazen schemes to overturn the 2020 election.

The panel had been negotiating Cipollone’s testimony for weeks without success, with Cipollone apparently concerned about its scope. He also has information about Trump’s foiled plan to pressure the justice department into falsely declaring the results of the 2020 election “corrupt”, the subpoena letter said, and potentially illegal conduct on the part of the former president on 6 January. The House select committee investigating the January 6 Capitol attack issued a subpoena on Wednesday to former Trump White House counsel Pat Cipollone, compelling him to testify about at least three parts of Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election results.