![]() ![]() ![]() “It will not result in any testimony from the former president.” Key Background “Subpoenaing him is a gesture,” Duke University law professor Lisa Kern Griffin told Bloomberg. Ultimately, legal experts believe the request for Trump’s testimony is likely more “symbolic” than expected to actually work. The House January 6 Committee must dissolve by December 31, when this congressional term expires, though lawmakers would likely want to depose Trump even sooner so they could include his testimony in the final report the committee will issue. If he doesn’t-as is likely to be the case, given his opposition to the committee’s work-it means lawmakers are overwhelmingly unlikely to hear from him, given that any legal battle over the subpoena would likely take months to resolve. Whether or not Trump will comply with the subpoena.
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