Trump White House lawyer Eric Herschmann is expected to appear Wednesday before the Jan. 6 select committee investigating the Capitol attack, according to multiple sources familiar with his scheduled appearance.
Trump White House lawyer Eric Herschmann is expected to appear Wednesday before the Jan. 6 select committee investigating theHerschmann and a committee spokesperson did not return ABC News' requests for comment on the interview, which could be postponed or rescheduled.
He was involved in a contentious Dec. 18, 2020, meeting first reported by Axios, where Trump allies Sidney Powell, former national security adviser Michael Flynn and former Overstock.com CEO Patrick Byrne argued with Herschmann and other White House officials over invoking rarely used presidential powers to declare a national security emergency to seize voting machines -- a plan that was ultimately rejected.
PHOTO: Eric Herschmann speaks on the Senate floor during the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, Jan. 29, 2020, in Washington, DC. To date, the Jan. 6 committee has interviewed more than 800 witnesses and obtained tens of thousands of pages of emails, White House records, and phone records as part of its investigation.
A handful of witnesses have refused to comply with committee subpoenas. On Wednesday the full House will vote on whether to hold Trump White House officials Peter Navarro and Dan Scavino in
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