The House Select Committee investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol subpoenaed a former White House spokesperson on Friday for allegedly having intimate knowledge of former President Donald Trump‘s role in inciting the violence.

According to CNN, which acquired a copy of the letter sent by a panel of the House Select Committee, former White House Press Secretary Judd Deere has been subpoenaed for his help with “formulating White House’s response to the January 6 attack as it occurred.”

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The committee further said that Deere had “publicly claimed that fraud had affected the November 2020 election,” referring to a tweet where the former spokesperson had written, “the House and Senate have agreed to focus strongly on the very substantial voter fraud which took place in the November 3 Presidential election.”

Additionally, the committee is looking to question Deere about the ongoings of an Oval Office meeting between Trump and others on January 5, 2021, a day before the US Capitol was stormed.

“What are your ideas for getting the RINOs to do the right thing tomorrow? How do we convince Congress?,” Trump had asked in that meeting, according to the committee’s investigation.

The committee has been relying on its own investigation, as well as on a book called ‘Peril’ by famed journalists Bob Woodward and Robert Costa on the last days of the Trump presidency.

As per the committee and the book, Trump had been listening to crowds gather outside ahead of the fateful day, when Deere urged the 45th President to address the gathering. “They are excited to hear from you, Mr. President,” Deere had said.

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In the same January 5 meeting, a staffer had commented that they hoped January 6 would be peaceful, but Trump had responded to the concern by saying, “Yes, but there is a lot of anger out there right now.”

Deere is the latest in a long list of people to be subpoenaed by the House Select Committee. On Friday, the committee also issued subpoenas to 14 Republicans across seven swing states for allegedly trying to commit election fraud. Those subpoenaed will have to submit relevant documents on February 11, and will have to report for depositions throughout the month of February.