It’s conventional wisdom that in an extensive investigation of the scope of the January 6 Committee that the subpoenas start with outer level personnel and work inwards towards inner level characters. Today two of Donald Trump’s shadier cohorts were subpoenaed, Roger Stone and Alex Jones. Politico:

“The Select Committee is seeking information about the rallies and subsequent march to the Capitol that escalated into a violent mob attacking the Capitol and threatening our democracy,” Committee Chair Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) said in a statement. “We need to know who organized, planned, paid for, and received funds related to those events, as well as what communications organizers had with officials in the White House and Congress.” […]

The Wall Street Journal reported that Jones helped secure funding for the Jan. 6 rally. Jones has said he tried to de-escalate the riot and stop people from breaking into the Capitol, the Journal added.

For Jones, the committee’s demand is just the latest in a series of legal issues. A court last week found him liable for defamation in a lawsuit brought by parents of children killed in the 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Facebook, Twitter and YouTube have also removed pages associated with Jones and his Infowars show for violating the services’ community standards.

Stone, meanwhile, raised money for “private security” on Jan. 5 and 6, and called for people attending a Jan. 5 rally to join an “epic struggle,” as Mother Jones has reported. He has defended his comments that day.

In August, a group of Capitol Police officers sued him and a host of other defendants –– including Trump himself –– alleging civil rights violations. The suit accused Stone of actively participating in “Trump’s strategy to disseminate false claims of election fraud,” and of helping popularize the #StopTheSteal slogan. A process server presented Stone with the lawsuit on Sept. 15 while he was on a talk radio show.

Trump aides Dustin Stockton and Jennifer Lawrence have also been subpoenaed. They travelled to swing states on a bus tour after the election and trumpeted up claims of election fraud. Trump’s current spokesman Taylor Budowich has also been subpoenaed.

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