Capitol attack committee seeks appearance by Trump ally Jim Jordan

The House committee investigating the events around the 6 January attack on the US Capitol has asked the congressman and close Trump ally Jim Jordan to make an appearance before the panel.

Jordan is a conservative Republican from Ohio who is seen as a close confidant of the former US president.

The request is the second by the nine-member panel this week to go after a sitting Republican congressman and launches a new phase for the panel.

Scott Perry, a Pennsylvania Republican, has also been asked by the panel to provide documents and sit for an interview. But on Tuesday Perry said he would not comply with the panel.

The panel has been looking at numerous messages sent to Meadows, many of which were urging Trump to call off a mob of his supporters as they ransacked the Capitol building.