Meadows suing Pelosi, Jan. 6 committee

[demmiblue]

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Source: The Hill

Former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows is suing Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol as he faces a likely contempt referral for refusing to cooperate with the panel.

In a civil complaint filed Wednesday afternoon, Meadows's lawyers said that the select committee does not have the authority to issue the subpoenas directed at him and that President Biden's refusal to assert executive privilege opens constitutional questions that should be decided through legal action.

"As a result, Mr. Meadows, a witness, has been put in the untenable position of choosing between conflicting privilege claims that are of constitutional origin and dimension and having to either risk enforcement of the subpoena issued to him, not merely by the House of Representatives, but through actions by the Executive and Judicial Branches, or, alternatively, unilaterally abandoning the former president’s claims of privileges and immunities," the complaint reads. "Thus, Mr. Meadows turns to the courts to say what the law is."

Spokespersons for Pelosi and the select committee did not immediately respond when asked for comment.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/house/584977-meadows-suing-pelosi-jan-6-committee

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[tblue37]

1. Delaying tactic.

[empedocles]

2. Perhaps, meadows has lately, very lately, come into some 'money'

[Jilly_in_VA]

3. Only thing he learned from his ex boss

Suing for fun and (he hopes) profit.

[CurtEastPoint]

4. suing for WHAT, pray tell? Fucker.

[CentralMass]

5. Just another lying litigious dirtbag.

[2Gingersnaps]

6. The nerve of the treasonous shitgibbon,

Up to his eyeballs in trying to overthrow our Republic.

[TheRickles]

7. The same kind of delaying tactics we can expect Bannon to use

When his trial starts in July(WTF!).

[BumRushDaShow]

11. On April 11, 2021

Officer Kim Potter pulled out her gun instead of a taser and killed Daunte Wright.

Today, some 8 months later, her trial began.

Bannon was indicted and charged November 12, 2021 and was arrested November 15, 2021. His trial is set for guess when? Yup, 8 months from now.

The court backlog is humongous - made worse last year due to being engulfed in the throes of the pandemic, when most courts actually closed for some time until they finally started doing some "virtual" sessions and adding mitigation procedures.

This is why prosecutors and defense attorneys often try negotiating plea deals and whatnot in order to kill the trials due to these types of wait times. There are obviously many circumstances when a jury trial is necessary, but in that case, they have to wait.

[gab13by13]

15. Yeah but the Bannon trial is way more complicated,

He was issued a valid subpoena and ignored it. It would certainly take 8 months to adjudicate such a complicated case. I lost my sarcasm thingy.

[ananda]

8. On what grounds?

???

Just angling to get a Trump judge, I guess.

[OneCrazyDiamond]

9. They think The House will be theirs next year.

He is hoping he can delay until then...Same with Bannon

[Ford_Prefect]

10. He's got nothing to file a case with. IMO the booking clerk will refuse to accept it.

[rurallib]

12. A picture of the judges when they see this suit

[Bernardo de La Paz]

13. When he loses he can always say "The courts we stuffed were always against us.". . . . nt

[gab13by13]

16. When he loses he will appeal to the next court.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

18. That's why I wrote "courts" plural. . . . .nt

[RussBLib]

14. talk about frivolous lawsuits

GOP used to rail against frivolous lawsuits.

It's another delay tactic. they are learning from T****, just sue everybody and delay everything.

Judges got to start moving faster on some of this crap.

[gab13by13]

17. The Hill again, lol.

It gives one side. Reporters from the Hill should read the Constitution. It is the duty of Congress to be a check on the executive branch, as a matter of fact, the courts have no business in getting involved in this lawful subpoena. Meadow's lawyer wants the court to rule that Congress is not allowed to issue subpoenas. As soon as a federal judge gets this law suit he should dismiss it and go after the lawyer for filing a frivolous suit.