Trump files a lawsuit to prevent a House committee’s January 6 subpoena : The House committee looking into the 2021 attack on the US Capitol issued a subpoena to the former president, but filed a lawsuit on Friday arguing he has “total immunity” and will not appear next week.
Trump files a lawsuit to prevent a House committee’s January 6 subpoena
The subpoena was deemed “invalid, unconstitutional, and unenforceable” by Trump’s legal team, who maintained that the former president still has executive privilege nearly 22 months after leaving office and cannot be forced to appear by Congress. He must show up in person for a deposition by Monday, as required by the January 6 committee, and deliver a lengthy list of papers and communications related to the Capitol attack.
The stakes are high and the clock is ticking for the congressional committee as well as 76-year-old Trump, who is anticipated to declare his candidacy for president in 2024 on Tuesday. Even though it’s still uncertain whether the Republican Party will be able to retake control of the lower House, he still does this. Balloting from the midterm elections on Tuesday showed the Republicans ahead of the Democrats, controlling 200 of the 218 seats required to retake the majority.
However, despite the vote count being in progress, 12 seats in the 435-member House of Representatives remain undecided. The January 6 committee, which has gathered evidence that it claims shows Trump instigated the assault in an effort to deprive Joe Biden his election victory, is likely to be disbanded if Republicans take control of the House.
Earlier this year, the committee conducted a number of hearings that, according to Rep. Bennie Thompson, “left no doubt – none – that Donald Trump spearheaded an effort to upend American democracy” by instigating the assault. More than 900 people have been accused of crimes connected to the assault on the Capitol by prosecutors, and the Justice Department reported last month that 412 of them had entered guilty pleas to various federal offenses. At least seven persons perished as a result of the incident on January 6.
Trump claimed in his lawsuit that while current and former US presidents have willingly consented to testify or give over records after receiving a congressional subpoena, none “has ever been compelled to do so.” The lawsuit was filed in federal court in West Palm Beach, Florida.
This is so that President Trump “is not required to comply,” the lawsuit claims, and Congress, which is a co-equal branch of government, “lacks authority” to compel such action.Trump claims in the document that the subpoena is overbroad, violates executive privilege and his personal rights, and that the committee lacks authority.
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