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Nevilledog

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Thu Sep 1, 2022, 06:47 PM Sep 2022

Trump-aligned Pa. governor nominee Mastriano sues Jan. 6 committee



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The crux of Mastriano's complaint, if I am reading this correctly, appears to be that the subpoenas can't be enforced because Cheney and Kinzinger, in his estimation, are RINOs.
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https://www.politico.com/news/2022/09/01/mastriano-lawsuit-jan6-committee-00054554

State Sen. Doug Mastriano, the Republican nominee for governor in Pennsylvania, is suing the Jan. 6 select committee, setting up a legal fight between one of the most prominent congressional investigations in recent memory and a Trump-backed candidate in a hotly contested midterm race.

Mastriano filed his suit on Thursday afternoon in federal court in Washington. It names the committee itself as a defendant, as well as each member of the panel and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

In the suit, Mastriano argues that the committee’s rules and composition mean it cannot compel witnesses to sit for depositions. Mastriano is asking for declaratory relief — a request for the judge to declare the committee cannot compel him to sit for a deposition — as well as for the panel to pay his attorney’s fees.

In February, the committee subpoenaed Mastriano for documents and testimony. Shortly after winning the Pennsylvania GOP gubernatorial primary in May, Mastriano produced a tranche of documents for the committee. He also signaled that he would participate in a voluntary interview. But the committee insisted Mastriano be deposed on videotape, according to the lawsuit. Numerous other witnesses have already been deposed on camera, and clips from their interviews have been featured prominently in the panel’s hearings.

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Trump-aligned Pa. governor nominee Mastriano sues Jan. 6 committee (Original Post) Nevilledog Sep 2022 OP
What happened to Republicans being against 'frivolous lawsuits?' emulatorloo Sep 2022 #1
Mastriano's strategy is that its better for people to talk about how stupid his lawsuit is than onenote Sep 2022 #2
I don't think it's going to work out that way for him. nt crickets Sep 2022 #3
His RINO argument is pretty amusing onenote Sep 2022 #4

emulatorloo

(43,979 posts)
1. What happened to Republicans being against 'frivolous lawsuits?'
Thu Sep 1, 2022, 09:54 PM
Sep 2022

I assume this nonsense will get thrown out of court quickly.

onenote

(42,373 posts)
2. Mastriano's strategy is that its better for people to talk about how stupid his lawsuit is than
Thu Sep 1, 2022, 09:58 PM
Sep 2022

have them talk about everything about him that is insane and disgusting.


And his RINO argument is pretty amusing given that in the just ended Congress that preceded her appointment to the J6 Committee, Cheney had voted with the Repub majority around 94% of the time, (which was more than the average repub). And during the first two years of Trump's presidency, she voted with the Repub majority 97% of the time (again, much more than the average repub).

onenote

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4. His RINO argument is pretty amusing
Thu Sep 1, 2022, 10:13 PM
Sep 2022

In the Congress that preceded her appointment to the J6 Committee, Cheney had voted with the Repub majority around 94% of the time (which was more than the average repub). And during the first two years of Trump's presidency, she voted with the Repub majority 97% of the time (again, much more than the average repub).

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