Mastriano Sues Jan. 6 Panel In Bid To Evade Testifying

NBC News reports:

Doug Mastriano, the Republican nominee for governor of Pennsylvania, who has been endorsed by former President Donald Trump, sued the House Jan. 6 committee Thursday to avoid testifying. In a 21-page complaint, Mastriano’s lawyer, Timothy C. Parlatore, argued that the committee’s “improper makeup” could “improperly influence the midterm elections.”

The committee includes two Republican members who were chosen by Nancy Pelosi, not by Kevin McCarthy, who refused to appoint any Republicans to the committee after Pelosi rejected two of his five initial picks. Mastriano is asking for a judge to rule that he not be compelled to sit for a deposition and that the panel pay his attorneys’ fees.

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Doug Mastriano, the Trump-endorsed Republican nominee for governor of Pennsylvania, has sued the House Jan. 6 committee to avoid testifying before the panel. https://t.co/PWTQlLNYot

— NBC News (@NBCNews) September 2, 2022

REMINDER: Doug Mastriano…

-Was at the Capitol on January 6
-Wants to ban abortion with no exceptions
-Wants to make every Pennsylvanian re-register to vote

That’s extreme, even if he won’t admit it. pic.twitter.com/P4Fmt77Zqo

— The Republican Accountability Project (@AccountableGOP) August 31, 2022

Doug Mastriano saw a truck flying a fucking Confederate flag, and went over to fucking thank them. https://t.co/eUERm3Hzpj

— Mike Zabel (@MikeZabel) August 29, 2022