Jan. 6 panel eyeing 5 people near Pence: report
By Maureen Breslin - 11/11/21 08:24 AM EST
The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol is reportedly seeking information from five or more people close to former Vice President Mike Pence, according to a CNN report.
The communications director for the Jan. 6 committee confirmed to The Hill via email interest in three of the people whom CNN reported on, including Pence's former national security adviser Keith Kellogg; Greg Jacob, his former chief counsel; and his former chief of staff, Marc Short. They had no comment on the others mentioned in the piece.
Kellogg was the first person in Pence's inner circle to be subpoenaed by the committee on Tuesday.
According to CNN, which cites multiple sources close to the former vice president, some individuals — some of them, more than others — close to Pence may be open to providing critical information to the committee on former President Trump and his allies' attempts to pressure Pence to overturn election results.
CNN also reports that Pence's previous chief of staff, Nick Ayers; legislative affairs director Chris Hodgson; political adviser Marty Obst; and former special assistant Zach Bauer are potential interests to the Jan. 6 committee.
However, Obst told CNN that he had not had contact with anyone on the Jan. 6 committee and that no one had reached out to him.
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