# Why did the 1/6 committee wait until the end to subpoena Trump?

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**Created:** [October 22, 2022, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-1-6-committee-wait-until-the-end-to-subpoena-trump/973631 "2022-10-22T14:44:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2022, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-1-6-committee-wait-until-the-end-to-subpoena-trump/973631/22 "2022-12-29T18:21:04Z")

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I don’t know where else to post this since I killed the Jan 6 thread. _ThelmaLou hangs head in shame_

> **[Jan. 6 committee releases 19 witness transcripts including interviews with...](https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/12/29/2144336/-Jan-6-committee-releases-19-witness-transcripts-including-interviews-with-Trump-Jr-Ray-Epps?pm_campaign=blog&pm_medium=rss&pm_source=main)**
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> The January 6 committee published 19 transcripts on Thursday, adding to a growing list of records it has already released to supplement its final report unwinding the attack at the U.S. Capitol and former President Donald Trump’s attempt to...

> Transcripts released Thursday include interviews with:
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> - [Christina Bobb](https://january6th.house.gov/sites/democrats.january6th.house.gov/files/20220421_Christina%20Bobb.pdf), Trump campaign attorney
> - [David Bowdich](https://january6th.house.gov/sites/democrats.january6th.house.gov/files/20211216_David%20L.%20Bowdich.pdf), deputy director of the FBI
> - [Muriel Bowser](https://january6th.house.gov/sites/democrats.january6th.house.gov/files/20220112_Muriel%20Elizabeth%20Bowser.pdf), the mayor of Washington, D.C.
> - [Taylor Budowich](https://january6th.house.gov/sites/democrats.january6th.house.gov/files/20211222_Taylor%20Budowich.pdf), Trump spokesman
> - [Robert Contee III](https://january6th.house.gov/sites/democrats.january6th.house.gov/files/20220111_Robert%20J.%20Contee%20III.pdf), chief of the .D.C Metropolitan Police Department
> - [Ray Epps](https://january6th.house.gov/sites/democrats.january6th.house.gov/files/20220121_Ray%20Epps.pdf), ex-U.S. Marine, former president of the Arizona Oath Keepers
> - [Ruby Freeman](https://january6th.house.gov/sites/democrats.january6th.house.gov/files/20220531_Ruby%20Freeman.pdf), election worker from Georgia harassed by the former president’s supporters and election fraud conspiracy theorists
> - [Stephanie Grisham](https://january6th.house.gov/sites/democrats.january6th.house.gov/files/20220518_Stephanie%20A.%20Grisham%20%281%29.pdf), former White House press secretary
> - [Alyssa Farah Griffin](https://january6th.house.gov/sites/democrats.january6th.house.gov/files/20220415_Alyssa%20Farah.pdf), former White House director of strategic communications
> - [Kimberly Guilfoyle](https://january6th.house.gov/sites/democrats.january6th.house.gov/files/20220418_Kimberly%20Guilfoyle%20Compressed.pdf), former adviser to Trump, spouse to Donald Trump Jr.
> - [Chris Hodgson](https://january6th.house.gov/sites/democrats.january6th.house.gov/files/20220330_Chris%20Hodgson.pdf), former director of legislative affairs to former Vice President Mike Pence
> - [Doug Mastriano](https://january6th.house.gov/sites/democrats.january6th.house.gov/files/20220809_Douglas%20Mastriano.pdf), former Pennsylvania state senator, failed gubernatorial candidate for Pennsylvania
> - [Ryan McCarthy,](https://january6th.house.gov/sites/democrats.january6th.house.gov/files/20220204_Ryan%20McCarthy%20%281%29.pdf) former Secretary of the U.S. Army
> - [Christopher Miller](https://january6th.house.gov/sites/democrats.january6th.house.gov/files/20220114_Christopher%20C.%20Miller.pdf), former acting Secretary of Defense
> - [Stephen Miller](https://january6th.house.gov/sites/democrats.january6th.house.gov/files/20220414_Stephen%20Miller.pdf), former senior adviser to Trump
> - [Wandrea Arshaye Moss](https://january6th.house.gov/sites/democrats.january6th.house.gov/files/20220601_Wandrea%20Arshaye%20Moss.pdf), election worker from Georgia harassed by the former president’s supporters and election fraud conspiracy theorists and extremists
> - [Mark Robinson](https://january6th.house.gov/sites/democrats.january6th.house.gov/files/20220707_Mark%20Robinson_0.pdf), retired D.C. Metropolitan Police Department sergeant
> - [Steven Sund](https://january6th.house.gov/sites/democrats.january6th.house.gov/files/20220420_Steven%20A.%20Sund.pdf), former U.S. Capitol Police chief
> - [Donald Trump Jr.,](https://january6th.house.gov/sites/democrats.january6th.house.gov/files/20220503_Donald%20J.%20Trump%2C%20Jr..pdf) former President Donald Trump’s eldest son and executive vice president of Trump Organization

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