“The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol is asking former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA) to voluntarily sit with its investigators, claiming he advised the Trump team in the days after the former president’s loss in the 2020 election,” The Hill reports.
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