Judge Upholds Jan. 6 Committee Subpoena for Republican National Committee Records

Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), chairman of the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol, during a panel hearing in Washington on July 27, 2021. Oliver Contreras/Pool/Getty Images

A federal judge ruled on May 1 that a subpoena that the House 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 hundreds of emails, including delivery metrics dating as far back as Nov. 3, 2020.