Oh, he responded all right, Donald Trump's take on the subpoena by the January 6 committee.

The lead starts right now.

Fourteen pages, Trump gives the January 6 committee an earful as the panel tries to legally

compel the former president to testify, but he never addresses the million dollar question.

Plus, debate night in one of the most competitive Senate races in the country, the high-profile

Republican help that Herschel Walker is getting after weeks of dealing with an abortion scandal.

And CNN on the record with one of the three jurors who voted against the death penalty

for the gunmen behind the Parkland massacre.

Welcome to the lead.

I'm Breonna Keeler and for Jake Tapper, and we begin with the politics lead and former

president Trump's response to the January 6 committee.

A long letter posted to his truth social site makes no mention of whether he'll comply

with a subpoena, the committee plans to issue.

In this, Trump re-ears a lot of grievances and lies.

He repeats false claims about winning the 2020 election.

He blames Democrats for failing to protect the Capitol on January 6th.

He bashes the committee for what he calls very poor television ratings.

And naturally he brags about the size of his rally crowd on January 6th, even going

so far as to include photos.

All of this after yesterday's final committee hearing before the midterms.

The panel revealing new evidence that Trump knew he lost the election, but refused to publicly

admit it.

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