former president as the attack was happening. and in the proceeding days was in touch extensive touch with him and his allies as they worked to use republican lawmakers, including him sl, to overturn the election. so he's got a lot to tell the committee potentially, and to the extent he refuses to, he could be accused of being part of the cover-up. the second highest ranking member of the house leadership, a man who to this day is part of the group that is privy to the deepest intelligence matters. a man who is also one of 147 lawmakers to vote to overturn election results. on that note, there's more on the trump allies in seven states who submitted phony electoral vote certificates signed by bogus electors to the national archives falsely declaring that he won there. so as patently absurd as that sounds, remember, this was part of team trump's legal game plan, having vice president pence declare slates of electors invalid, recognize competing slates or simply kicking it all to the supreme court, where the former president thought he