Trump-backed gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano turns over documents to January 6 committee
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- Lawyers for Doug Mastriano turned over documents to the House's January 6 committee.
- Mastriano, a state senator, is the Republican nominee for governor in Pennsylvania.
- Mastriano charted buses to the January 6 rally and was outside the Capitol on January 6, 2021.
Doug Mastriano, the Republican nominee for governor in Pennsylvania who attended the January 6, 2021 protest outside the Capitol, has provided documents to the House committee investigating the attack in response to a subpoena.
Lawyers representing Mastriano turned over documents to the January 6 committee that detailed Mastriano's payments for charter buses to the Capitol on January 6, POLITICO first reported.
Mastriano, who is currently a state senator, was subpoenaed by the committee in February.
The cache of documents contains receipts for charter buses and social media posts, POLITICO reported.
Pennsylvania outlet WHYY reported that Mastriano's state senate campaign committee had paid $3,354 to Wolf's Bus Lines to charter buses to the January 6, 2021 Stop the Steal Rally. Mastriano advertised tickets on the charter buses on Facebook in the days before the riot.
The documents Mastriano's lawyers provided to the committee verified these payments, POLITICO reported.
Mastriano's lawyers and a spokesperson for the House select committee investigating January 6 did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.
"Sen. Mastriano has nothing to hide and has provided all responsive documents and will be sitting for a voluntary interview as the committee has agreed to forego a formal deposition for him," Tim Parlatore, the lawyer who submitted the documents on behalf of Mastriano, told POLITICO.
Mastriano has been open about his attendance at the pro-Trump rally on January 6, and multiple social media posts place him at the event.
The protests began outside the White House, where Trump gave a speech to his supporters before they began marching to the Capitol building.
The ensuing riot outside the Capitol quickly turned violent as hundreds of supporters of Donald Trump forced their way into the building to try and stop Congress from certifying the election results for Joe Biden. The rioters' assault on the Capitol caused at least $30 million in damages to the building and left hundreds of Capitol Police officers injured.
Mastriano spread conspiracy theories in the days after the 2020 election. After Biden won Pennsylvania, Mastriano called for the state legislature to appoint electors that would defy the will of the voters and deliver Pennsylvania's electoral votes to Trump, which they could not do.
Trump intervened in the Pennsylvania Republican gubernatorial primary at the 11th hour, endorsing Mastriano over his opponents. Mastriano outstripped his competitors, earning 43% of the primary vote.
"There is no one in Pennsylvania who has done more, or fought harder, for Election Integrity than State Senator Doug Mastriano," Trump said in a statement.
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