Benny Thompson, chairman of the House of Representatives' special investigation committee responsible for investigating the riots on Capitol Hill on January 6, revealed that the committee has subpoenaed four former president's advisers and aides, including former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, former White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Communications Dan Scavino, former Defense Department official Kashyap Patel and former Trump adviser Stephen Bannon. Thompson said that there is information that Meadows has repeatedly contacted senior officials of the state government and the federal government in an attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 general election or prevent the results of the general election from taking effect. At the same time, information shows that Meadows had contacted the organizers of the January 6 rally. Thompson also stated in a letter to Bannon that Bannon had had conversations with several members of Congress in an attempt to prevent the certification of the election results. Thompson wrote that Bannon had claimed on January 5, 2021, that "hell will open its gates tomorrow." Therefore, the committee needs to hear testimony from Bannon himself.
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