Trump Sues To Block Subpoena From Jan. 6 Committee

The Washington Post reports:

Former president Donald Trump filed suit on Friday against the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol in a bid to block the panel’s subpoena for testimony and documents issued last month.

The 41-page complaint filed in federal court in Florida argues that the subpoena is invalid because it lacks a “valid legislative purpose,” is overly broad, and “infringes on executive privilege” and Trump’s First Amendment rights.

The suit also argues that the committee lacks the authority to issue subpoenas — an argument that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and several other judges have already rejected.

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NEW: Trump has effectively doomed any chance of testifying before the Jan. 6 committee, filing federal suit in south Florida to block the panel’s subpoena.

There’s no time to litigate this before the committee dissolves.

In short, it’s over.https://t.co/QDq6dPTSwG

— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) November 12, 2022

The select committee accused Trump’s lawyers of a “delay tactic” in a. Nov. 4 letter, appended to Trump’s lawsuit.

They asked Trump for details about any phones/comms devices he used between Nov. 3, 2020 and Jan. 20, 2021.https://t.co/QDq6dPUqme pic.twitter.com/qu9vt5FNdH

— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) November 12, 2022