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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPolitico: Judge dismisses Arizona GOP chair lawsuit to block Jan. 6 select committee subpoena
A federal judge has cleared the way for the Jan. 6 select committee to access the phone records of Arizona GOP Chair Kelli Ward, dismissing Wards lawsuit to block a subpoena issued by the panel in January.
In an 18-page ruling issued late Thursday, Arizona-based U.S.District Court Judge Diane Humetewa said the committee has a legitimate reason to obtain Wards call logs during the weeks between Election Day 2020 and the end of Donald Trumps term in office, a period in which Ward help organize a set of pro-Trump electors who claimed to be Arizonas legitimate slate, even though Biden had won the state.
That three-month period is plainly relevant to its investigation into the causes of the January 6th attack, Humetewa ruled. The Court therefore has little doubt concluding these records may aid the Select Committees valid legislative purpose.
In addition to her work on the slate of false electors which included both Ward and her husband, Michael Ward used her perch atop the Arizona GOP to stoke false claims of election fraud in the weeks following the conclusion of voting. Both Wards also joined a lawsuit against then-Vice President Mike Pence in late December 2020, amid a campaign by Trump to pressure Pence to help subvert the election.
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/09/23/judge-dismisses-arizona-gop-chair-lawsuit-to-block-jan-6-select-committee-subpoena-00058578
In an 18-page ruling issued late Thursday, Arizona-based U.S.District Court Judge Diane Humetewa said the committee has a legitimate reason to obtain Wards call logs during the weeks between Election Day 2020 and the end of Donald Trumps term in office, a period in which Ward help organize a set of pro-Trump electors who claimed to be Arizonas legitimate slate, even though Biden had won the state.
That three-month period is plainly relevant to its investigation into the causes of the January 6th attack, Humetewa ruled. The Court therefore has little doubt concluding these records may aid the Select Committees valid legislative purpose.
In addition to her work on the slate of false electors which included both Ward and her husband, Michael Ward used her perch atop the Arizona GOP to stoke false claims of election fraud in the weeks following the conclusion of voting. Both Wards also joined a lawsuit against then-Vice President Mike Pence in late December 2020, amid a campaign by Trump to pressure Pence to help subvert the election.
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/09/23/judge-dismisses-arizona-gop-chair-lawsuit-to-block-jan-6-select-committee-subpoena-00058578
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Politico: Judge dismisses Arizona GOP chair lawsuit to block Jan. 6 select committee subpoena (Original Post)
brooklynite
Sep 2022
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Basic political norm: Elected officials are MORE subject to oversight, not LESS.
lindysalsagal
Sep 2022
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lindysalsagal
(20,648 posts)1. Basic political norm: Elected officials are MORE subject to oversight, not LESS.
Why do so many people who hate public service try so badly to get elected to public service? If they didn't want scrutiny, why run at all???
Why do I feel like these fools don't understand the first thing about grown-up life. These gqp'ers are a bunch of kindergardners.
OAITW r.2.0
(24,446 posts)2. Terriffic question.
Why do so many people who hate public service try so badly to get elected to public service?
Actually, I think they love government service...as long as it serves themselves. What they hate is the oversite. That makes crimining harder.
Actually, I think they love government service...as long as it serves themselves. What they hate is the oversite. That makes crimining harder.
LetMyPeopleVote
(145,086 posts)3. This idiot's filing is amusing