A federal judge ruled May 1 that a subpoena the House of Representatives panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol breach issued to a Republican National Committee (RNC) vendor for reams of data is legitimate.
The subpoena was for documents and testimony from Salesforce, which the RNC and former President Donald Trump’s 2020 campaign used to send hundred of emails, including delivery metrics dating as far back as Nov. 3, 2020.
The subpoena was sent as part of an effort to see whether the campaign “used Salesforce’s platform to disseminate false statements about the 2020 election in the weeks leading up to the January 6th attack,” Rep. Bennie Thompson (R-Miss.), said in February when it was issued.
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