room, what was it like when this president was making decisions that would impact each of their lives. they had a right to know what was going on behind the scenes. that s why i wrote the book because the truth matters. what about the house select committee that s investigating the january 6th attack on the capitol issuing 11 more subpoenas, all for people who helped organize the rally right before the mob went on the attack. among them, 2016 trump campaign spokesperson katrina pierson. i ve interviewed her. i know that you know her. are you surprised by this? i m not really surprised because not only was katrina one of the organizers, but she was behind the money, you know, and every scandal, it s always follow the money. and because she was so involved with raising money and organizing the events, i believe the committee is right in subpoenaing her. she s going to have a lot of information, and she had a lot of insight on what they knew and when, and i truly believe
be among the penalties for defying the subpoena? that s a good question, and i spoke to at least a handful of those men targeted in the first tranche of subpoenas this week, and by and large, they all say we re waiting for instructions from the former president and america first and from the legal team shared by those two entities, and the expectation from trump world is that these aides do not testify, and trump has made it very clear through intermediaries and through personal communications. although i understand trump has not instructed kash patel or steve bannon on matters to defy them. that s not how the president operates. there s an expectation of loyalty to him that he thinks will prevent them from come playing with the orders. but it s true, and thompson is saying as well as adam schiff, a member of the committee is saying they could be up for criminal prosecution if they don t comply with the subpoenas. and when the hard and fast reality hits them that they may be referred
for the district of columbia, the likely prosecuting body here, this could be a very, very different proposition than when you re sitting at home and getting emails from the former president. what do you think the committee is hoping to learn from those subpoenas just before the mob left for the capitol? the committee always said they wanted to examine the organization before the rally, they want to see the funding and how people were bussed in to the district before the rally and the march up to the capitol that eventually descended into the capitol attack. but you know, this is very interesting. they re looking at these 11 people insofar as they re connected to the former president. there are some individuals who of have come up before. there s the niece of former white house chief of staff mick mul mulvaney, the spokesperson for the 2016 campaign for donald trump. these are people who were intimately involved in the president s orbit, either before his presidency or during his p