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Trump Heads to Texas Rally as Allies Face Subpoenas, Pence Clash Ramps Up
May 14, 2022 1 min, 46 secs
Donald Trump heads to Texas for a rally on Saturday as some of his top GOP allies in Congress face subpoenas, and as former Vice President Mike Pence ramps up his political clash with the former president, joining other Republicans in backing rivals to Trump picks in the party's primary races.

The rally, which will also feature former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Donald Trump Jr., Trump Jr.'s fiancé Kimberly Guilfoyle and conservative commentator Dinesh D'Souza, among others, will be held at the Austin Convention Center.

Meanwhile, some of the former president's most prominent GOP allies in Congress are weighing their next steps after they were subpoenaed Thursday to testify before the House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021 attack against the U.S.

Before we hold our hearings next month, we wished to provide members the opportunity to discuss these matters with the committee voluntarily," Representative Bennie Thompson, a Mississippi Democrat who chairs the select committee, said in a Thursday statement.

That violence occurred shortly after Trump spoke at a nearby rally, urging his followers to walk to the federal legislative building and "fight like hell." Many heeded the directive, with some in the mob threatening to "hang" then Vice President Mike Pence, as well as harm other top lawmakers, such as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

The House select committee—which includes two Republicans, Liz Cheney of Wyoming and Adam Kinzinger of Illinois—aims to determine how the events of January 6, and Trump's effort to overturn the 2020 election, were coordinated, as well as how the attack unfolded.

Ten House Republicans, including Cheney and Kinzinger, along with House Democrats, voted to impeach Trump for inciting the violence a week after the riot occurred.

It is unclear whether the House select committee will attempt to hold the GOP lawmakers in contempt of Congress if they refuse to comply.

While Trump and his allies continue to feel the pressure from the January 6 investigation, the former president faces ongoing backlash from prominent Republicans amid the GOP midterm primary season.

Regardless of the opposition from prominent Republicans, Trump's endorsements have thus far been largely successful.

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