A federal judge is forcing conservative lawyer John Eastman, who worked for Donald Trump before the January 6 insurrection, to respond to a House select committee subpoena for his emails — “setting congressional investigators up to receive access to information they’ve wanted for months but had not been able to get,” CNN reports.

“Eastman previously refused to provide information to the House when it subpoenaed him directly for testimony and documents. He had claimed his Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination as a response to nearly 150 questions and to his document subpoena.”

“After the Jan. 6 insurrection, the Capitol Police’s intelligence unit quietly started scrutinizing the backgrounds of people who meet with lawmakers,” Politico reports.

“Examining the social media feeds of people who aren’t suspected of crimes, however, is a controversial move for law enforcement and intelligence officials given the civil liberties concerns it raises.”

“Among those who have been subject to new Capitol Police scrutiny are Hill staffers.”

Newt Gingrich told Fox News that lawmakers serving on the House Select Committee to investigate the January 6 insurrection may end up in prison.

Said Gingrich: “I think when you have a Republican Congress, this is all going to come crashing down. The wolves are gonna find out they’re now sheep, and they’re the ones who are, in fact, I think, going to face a real risk of going to jail for the kind of laws that they’re breaking.”

Playbook: “We’re not sure exactly what Gingrich is referring to. Congress doesn’t have the power to jail people — unless Republicans plan to use the ‘inherent contempt’ power, which hasn’t been used in about 100 years and is reserved for enforcing subpoenas. More likely Gingrich’s remark is aimed at intimidation. Either way, it shows how the committee is getting under the GOP’s skin.”

Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) tweets: “This is what it looks like when the rule of law unravels.”

“Former attorney general William Barr has spoken with the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection, a further indication that several former Trump administration officials are cooperating with the panel even as others are fighting efforts to compel their testimony,” the Washington Post reports.

“The National Archives has transferred hundreds of pages of Donald Trump’s White House records to the Jan. 6 select committee, a major breakthrough for the panel’s investigation after it prevailed in litigation against the former president,” Politico reports.

“Those files are drawn from former chief of staff Mark Meadows, former press secretary Kayleigh McEnany, former adviser Stephen Miller and other senior Trump aides.”

“They include speech drafts, call and visitor logs, briefing memos and handwritten notes pertaining to Trump’s months-long effort to overturn the 2020 election.”

“The FBI on Wednesday raided Democratic Congressman Henry Cuellar’s home and campaign office in Texas as part of a wide-ranging federal probe relating to the former Soviet state of Azerbaijan and several U.S. businessmen,” ABC News reports.

“A federal grand jury in Washington is investigating the matter, but it’s unclear if Cuellar is a target of the grand jury’s probe.”

Rep. Lauren Boebert left a group of Jewish visitors to the Capitol bewildered Thursday morning when she asked them if they were doing “reconnaissance” after seeing them at an elevator at the Capitol, BuzzFeed News reports.

“The House Veterans’ Affairs Committee took Wednesday as an opportunity to hold a virtual hearing on how toxic chemicals are killing U.S. soldiers. Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-NC) took the hearing as an opportunity to clean his gun,” the Daily Beast reports.

Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) was arrested Thursday while participating in a voting-rights protest near the Capitol, the Washington Post reports.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she trusts her members not to do anything improper while trading stocks — but also pledged to “review all the bills that are coming in and see where the support is in our caucus” for banning that practice among sitting members of Congress, Politico reports.

Said Pelosi: “To give a blanket attitude of we can’t do this and we can’t do that because we can’t be trusted, I just don’t buy into that. But if the members want to do that, I’m okay with it.”

“The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol sent a letter on Thursday to Ivanka Trump, the daughter of former President Donald J. Trump, seeking her cooperation with its inquiry,” the New York Times reports.

“The letter is the latest step that the committee has taken to obtain information from Mr. Trump’s family about the events that led up to the Capitol riot.”

“This is a reconciliation. So when people say let’s divide up and they don’t understand the process.”

— Speaker Nancy Pelosi, quoted by Punchbowl News, on whether the Build Back Better Act could be broken up as some Democrats, including President Biden, have suggested.