WASHINGTON - Pennsylvania's Republican governor nominee Doug Mastriano is appearing Tuesday before the Jan.
6 committee investigating the U.S. Capitol insurrection as the panel probes Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.Mastriano, who was outside the Capitol that day, helped organize efforts in Pennsylvania to submit alternate presidential electors beholden to Trump.
He is one of two people expected to provide private interviews Tuesday before the committee, according to a person familiar with the situation who was granted anonymity to discuss it.Committee chairman Rep.
Bennie Thompson issued the subpoena for Mastriano back in February as the panel intensified its probe of the "fake electors" scheme, seeking documentation from him and others potentially involved and in close contact with Trump.The committee "is seeking information about efforts to send false slates of electors to Washington and change the outcome of the 2020 election," Thompson wrote. "We’re seeking records and testimony from former campaign officials and other individuals in various states who we believe have relevant information about the planning and implementation of those plans."Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has also been in talks to testify on Tuesday, CNN and other outlets have reported.Mastriano, a retired Army officer who beat out several candidates to emerge as the GOP nominee for governor in Pennsylvania, has been willing to talk to the committee, his attorney has said.