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1 January 6th Commission In Talks With Trump’s Team
During a discussion on Tuesday with PBS journalist Judy Woodruff, Rep. Liz Cheney said the House January 6th committee is in talks with former President Donald Trump’s lawyers about his potential testimony and “he has an obligation to comply” with the committee’s request. “We treat this and take this very seriously,” Cheney added. The House committee formally issued a subpoena to Trump on October 21st, and his first deadline is this Friday when he’s required to turn over documents to the committee. The subpoena also requires him to appear for one or more days of deposition starting around November 14th. Trump has not publicly said if he will cooperate with the subpoena.
2 Supreme Court Denies Senator Graham’s Attempt To Avoid Testifying In Georgia Election Interference Case
The U.S. Supreme Court has denied an attempt by Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina to block a subpoena demanding his testimony before a Georgia grand jury. The Fulton County special grand jury is investigating efforts by former President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn Georgia’s 2020 election, which was won by President Joe Biden. In its ruling, the Supreme Court said a federal judge’s order upholding the subpoena gave Graham adequate protection from being questioned about legislative activity during his testimony, which was his basis for challenging the subpoena. There were no noted dissents to the order from the Supreme Court, which lifts the temporary hold placed on the subpoena last week by Justice Clarence Thomas. The subpoena calls for Graham to testify before the grand jury in Atlanta on November 17th.
3 Twitter Has Removed 1,500 Accounts After Coordinated Trolling Campaign
Twitter became the target of a coordinated trolling campaign after Elon Musk took over the company on Friday, according to Yoel Roth, the company’s head of safety and security. Roth said the effort was to make people think that Twitter had weakened its policies. In an update, Roth says that Twitter has removed over 1,500 accounts involved in the trolling since Saturday. Roth also talked about how the website is changing how it enforces its policies. A new report puts that into question, claiming that Twitter has frozen most employees’ access to internal tools used for content moderation. The exodus continues at Twitter, with Chief Marketing Officer Leslie Berland and Jean-Phillipe Maheu, vice president of global client solutions both leaving the company late Tuesday afternoon.