According to comprehensive reports, the special committee of the United States House of Representatives investigating the riots in the Capitol issued a statement on the 14th that former President Trump did not appear as a witness in the congressional riots investigation as required by the subpoena on the 14th. The chairman of the committee said that the former president could not be ruled out for contempt of Congress. According to the joint statement issued by the Chairman Thompson and Vice Chairman Cheney of the Special Committee, "former President Trump failed to comply with the summons of the Special Committee requesting him to testify in court on the 14th". The statement said that the Special Committee believed that Trump's behavior was an attempt to "evade the investigation" and "refuse to do what more than 1000 witnesses did before him in the Capitol riot case". The Special Committee also said that "in the next few days, it will consider the next steps to deal with the failure of the former President to appear in court." However, the Commission did not say what measures they might take against Trump in the next step. Thompson said in an interview with the New York Times that he would not rule out the charge of contempt of Congress against the former president. It is reported that the House of Representatives will be able to vote on whether Trump is deemed to be contemptuous of Congress for refusing to testify in Congress. If the vote is passed, the Ministry of Justice will be able to prosecute it. Trump filed a lawsuit on the subpoena on November 11 local time, hoping to avoid testifying to the Committee or providing any documents. In a 41 page petition, Trump's lawyer argued that the former President could not be forced to testify in Congress. On October 21, the Special Committee of the House of Representatives for the Investigation of Riots issued a subpoena to Trump, demanding that Trump must come to Congress or testify by video. The hearing began on November 14 and will last for many days if necessary. The committee said in the letter that there was "quite a lot of evidence" indicating that Trump "personally commanded" the action to try to overthrow the 2020 election results, including spreading the rumor that "the election was stolen", and exerting pressure on the Ministry of Justice, officials of many states, members of Congress and the then Vice President to try to change the election results. On January 6, 2021, during the counting of electoral votes in the general election, a large number of Trump supporters violently attacked the Congress, causing at least five deaths. After nearly a year of investigation and evidence collection, the House of Representatives Special Investigation Committee started a series of public hearings on the riots on Capitol Hill from June 9 this year. It is expected that the committee will release the final report on the investigation of the riots on Capitol Hill in December this year. (Liu Xinshe)