McEnany was absent from ‘Outnumbered’ on Wednesday, the lunchtime show she usually co-hosts on Fox.
According to a National Archives disclosure made in court in October, the commission is seeking “629 pages from multiple directories of suggested talking points for the press secretary, interspersed with a relatively small number of related statements and documents, primarily related to allegations of voter fraud, election security and other topics related to the 2020 elections.”
McEnany’s original commission subpoena shows a specific interest in her public statements regarding spreading misinformation about the 2020 election results. As a press secretary, McEnany held one of the most visible roles in the Trump administration. She spoke not only from the White House lectern, but also from campaign headquarters as a spokesperson.
The commission specifically pointed to many of its public statements as contributing to the belief that something was wrong with the election.
Mississippi Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson, who chairs the committee, said in a statement at the time of McEnany’s subpoena, along with other former White House officials, “We need to know exactly what role the former president and his aides will play. played in attempts to stop the vote counting and if they were in contact with someone outside the White House who was trying to reverse the election results.”
This story was updated on Wednesday with additional details.
