Counsel for Salesforce and the RNC were told this week that the committee is formally withdrawing a subpoena issued earlier this year seeking records from Salesforce about performance metrics and analytics related to email campaigns for former President Donald Trump, the campaign his campaign and the RNC. “Given the current stage of its investigation, the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the United States Capitol has determined that it no longer needs to pursue the specific information requested in the February 23, 2022 subpoena it issued to Salesforce,” House General Counsel Douglas Letter wrote in an email reviewed by The Washington Post, notifying the parties of the motion to dismiss the case. The committee previously argued that records from the RNC’s fundraising platform, which is owned by Salesforce, were necessary to understand how the RNC’s fundraising practices may have inspired some rioters to attack the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. The move comes in the final days of the August congressional recess, which congressional investigators have spent following up on issues raised during the investigation and tracking down new tips. Lawmakers on the panel are expected to resume public hearings this month. “We’ve said all along that this subpoena was unconstitutional. This is a victory for free speech, privacy and the right of Americans to engage politically without fear of partisan retaliation,” said RNC spokeswoman Emma Vaughn. The Jan. 6 committee declined to comment. Committee investigators remained focused on Trump’s fundraising practices related to allegations of election fraud and continued to interview Republican Party and Trump campaign officials about his fundraising tactics, people familiar with the matter said. A panel of three federal appeals judges temporarily blocked the Jan. 6 panel from obtaining RNC records earlier this summer. The temporary injunction came after the RNC appealed a federal judge’s ruling ordering Salesforce to comply with the subpoena. The RNC is the only entity to date that has successfully resisted a subpoena from the House Select Committee investigating the insurgency.
