WI Speaker Sues To Block Subpoena By Jan. 6 Panel

Axios reports:

Wisconsin State Assembly Speaker Robin Vos (R) on Sunday filed a lawsuit against the Jan. 6 select committee after receiving a subpoena calling him to testify before the committee Monday morning.

In a letter dated Friday, committee chair Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) wrote that the committee wished to question Vos regarding a phone call he received this July from former President Donald Trump in which Trump pressured Vos to overturn the state’s 2020 presidential election results.

The letter recounts that after Vos told Trump that his request was impossible, the former president derided Vos on social media and endorsed his primary challenger.

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Wisconsin State Assembly Speaker Robin Vos filed a lawsuit against the Jan. 6 select committee after receiving a subpoena calling him to testify before the panel.

The lawsuit notes that Vos is seeking an injunction to stop the subpoena.https://t.co/2oWH5846fl

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