According to media reports, former White House Counsel Pat Cipollone wants to testify before the investigative committee into the attack on the US Capitol in January last year. The newspapers “New York Times” and “Washington Post” reported today, citing people involved in the matter, that he had promised to testify under oath before the committee next Friday. The statement should therefore not be made public.
The investigative committee summoned Cipollone last week. The investigative work to date has provided evidence that the attorney had “repeatedly expressed legal and other concerns” regarding the activities of then President Donald Trump on January 6 and in the days before, the committee said in justification. So far, Cipollone had only taken part in an “informal survey”.
Trump supporters violently stormed the seat of parliament in the capital Washington on January 6 of the previous year. Congress met there to certify the victory of Trump’s Democratic challenger Joe Biden in the previous presidential election. Five people were killed in the riots, including a police officer. Trump had recently incited his supporters at a rally that his election victory had been stolen. The committee is working on the attack.
