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The Democratic-led House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol has issued a new round of subpoenas to several ex-Trump administration officials, including former national security adviser 

who wrote a memo outlining ways former Vice President Mike Pence could reject Joe Biden's electoral count victory.

In all, the panel issued six new subpoenas, including demands for records and testimony. Aside from Flynn and Eastman, subpoenas were issued for former Trump spokesman 

, former New York Police commissioner and Trump ally 

See a list of all the committee's witness targets here

"In the days before the January 6th attack, the former President's closest allies and advisors drove a campaign of misinformation about the election and planned ways to stop the count of Electoral College votes," the committee's chair, Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., said in a statement. "The Select Committee needs to know every detail about their efforts to overturn the election, including who they were talking to in the White House and in Congress, what connections they had with rallies that escalated into a riot, and who paid for it all." 

Thompson went onto say the panel expects all the witnesses to cooperate with their investigation. 

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Six Trump allies, including Michael Flynn and John Eastman, were issued subpoenas tied to their efforts "to overturn the results of the 2020 election," the panel said.

Jan. 6 panel issues new wave of subpoenas for ex-Trump officials

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