Stand Pat

Former Trump White House counsel Pat Cipollone has agreed to testify to the January 6 select committee in the House after refusing to testify for three months.  He will do so tomorrow, which should help the committee - and, accordingly, pressure the Justice Department to investigate Trump's efforts to steal the 2020 presidential election - considerably. And while all of this is going on, another public hearing is scheduled for July 12. 

Meanwhile U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham has been subpoenaed by Fulton County (Georgia) District Attorney Fani Willis and refuses to do so, even though he spoke to Georgia election officials on Trump's behalf and he represents South Carolina and not Georgia.  But Willis has subpoenaed so many other Trump intimates in the process that Graham may have to capitulate just like Cipollone did. 

All of this makes it clear that the nose around Trump is tightening, but given the trouble President Biden and the Democrats are in, it may be Florida governor and 2024 Republican presidential prospect Ron DeSantis who would benefit the most from the trap door being released.  He may even release it himself.