On Monday afternoon, the House Select Committee on Jan. 6 issued a new round of subpoenas. Included in the net this time were: Trump Campaign Manager Bill Stepien, best known for his involvement in Chris Christie’s “Bridgegate” scandal, and for not having bothered to vote in 2016. Former Trump adviser Jason Miller, who founded a right-wing alternative to Twitter but couldn’t get Trump to use it, and left a spot at CNN after he was accused of slipping his pregnant mistress an abortion pill. Trump’ executive assistant for the campaign, Angela McCallum, who served as the “war room” chief for the two failed GOP Senate candidates in Georgia and who made some very suspect calls to Michigan. Disgraced former General Michael Flynn, best known for being an absurd jackass pardoned by Trump after lying to the FBI, and for his ongoing tour in which he cheers on violence and conspiracy theories alongside MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell. Former Police Commissioner Bernie Kerik, who was facing four felony counts of tax fraud and lying to officials until Trump commuted his sentence, and who used his 9/11 fame to enrich himself through corruption. Attorney John Eastman, best known for personally authoring a plan to take down the United States government, for pressuring Mike Pence to adopt that plan in the midst of the assault on the Capitol, and for somehow not being under arrest for sedition. Which seems like a good lineup of people who should have interesting stories to tell about their involvement in everything from the planning of the insurgency in the weeks following the election to the events on the day of the attack. But the real question is: Will any of these six ever be compelled to provide meaningful testimony? And based on what’s been seen so far with Steve Bannon, that answer seems clear. Read more