Former Pres. Trump's personal assistant in the White House, Nick Luna, appeared virtually on Monday before the House Jan. 6 committee, sources tell ABC News.
On Jan. 6, 2021, pro-Trump rioters broke into the U.S. Capitol. The attack resulted in deaths, injuries, more than 700 arrests and former President Donald Trump's second impeachment.Former President Donald Trump's personal assistant in the White House, Nick Luna, appeared virtually on Monday before the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6Luna, who served as Trump's body man in the West Wing, was initially subpoenaed by the committee in November.
The panel said Luna was with the former president on Jan. 6, and was nearby when Trump called former Vice President Mike Pence that morning and urged Pence not to certify the results of the 2020 election.A committee spokesperson declined to comment on witness appearances. The committee already has firsthand knowledge of Trump's Jan. 6 phone call with Pence from retired Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg, who served as Pence's national security adviser.President Donald Trump speaks to White House special assistant to the president Nick Luna, during a roundtable with governors on the reopening of America's small businesses, at the White House, June 18, 2020.
Depending on how much contact Luna had with Trump, Luna's testimony to the committee could shed further light on Trump's state of mind that day.that cited interview transcripts, official records and emails, the committee argued that Trump was repeatedly told by aides and allies that he lost the election, and suggested that he was knowingly spreading unsubstantiated claims of fraud -- an allegation that could have implications for a potential criminal case against Trump in the future.
Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., recently told reporters that the panel is aiming to wrap up its interviews with potential witnesses in the coming weeks, and could begin another slate of public hearings as early as May.
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