This may have been an opinion I heard once but one that needs reminding. The dem's hesitance to charge Trump on this & secret docs only emboldens detractors & low info voters to call these investigations political. The Russia investigation has been reduced by redhats to "complete sham" and "proof positive" that if no charges were pressed, then their beliefs that these accusations were political get vindicated. Long story short, Trump's unchecked impunity undermines our system of laws and endangers those sworn to uphold them (as seen by recent attacks on the FBI's legitimacy & agents).
https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/14/poli...poena-justice-department-january-6/index.html CNN — Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows has complied with a subpoena from the Justice Department’s investigation into events surrounding January 6, 2021, sources familiar with the matter tell CNN, making him the highest-ranking Trump official known to have responded to a subpoena in the federal investigation. Meadows turned over the same materials he provided to the House select committee investigating the US Capitol attack, one source said, meeting the obligations of the Justice Department subpoena, which has not been previously reported.
Thou Shall Deliver Phone Records To J6 Panel: Federal Judge Drops Hammer On Arizona GOP Chair-Turned Fake Elector https://dailyboulder.com/thou-shall...mer-on-arizona-gop-chair-turned-fake-elector/ Arizona Republican Party Chairwoman Kelli Ward and her husband, Michael, must turn over their phone records to the House Select Committee Investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol, a federal judge ruled Thursday. The ruling from Judge Diane Humetewa came after the Wards filed a lawsuit challenging a subpoena from the House Select Committee for phone records from T-Mobile between Nov. 1, 2020, through Jan. 31, 2021, for four phone numbers associated with the Wards and Michael Ward’s business. In their lawsuit, filed in February, the Wards argued that the subpoena was “overbroad,” because it is “unrelated to the enabling resolution of the issuing Committee” and doesn’t make a clear connection between the records and potential legislation. They also argued that the subpoena violated the First Amendment rights of both themselves and the state GOP, and they claimed that the subpoena was illegal because the committee was in violation of House rules. The Wards told the court that turning over the phone records would violate Arizona’s law protecting patient-physician privilege and HIPAA, the federal law governing privacy of medical information because they are doctors. But Judge Humetewa rejected all of those arguments, writing in an 18-page ruling that the committee’s work has a valid purpose and is not illegal — thus barring a lawsuit against the federal government. “That three-month period is plainly relevant to its investigation into the causes of the January 6th attack,” she wrote. “The Court therefore has little doubt concluding these records may aid the Select Committee’s valid legislative purpose.” The judge also rejected the claim that the records would ensnare anyone who called or texted Kelli Ward would “become implicated in the largest criminal investigation in U.S. history” and be subjected to harassment or political persecution by Democrats, in violation of their First Amendment rights. Humetewa said the argument was “highly speculative” and the Wards “provided no evidence to support their contention that producing the phone numbers associated with this account will chill the associational rights of Plaintiffs or the Arizona GOP.” They also provided no more than “conclusory allegations” that complying with the subpoena would lead to harassment of themselves or anyone else. The judge also said the subpoena was issued to T-Mobile, not the Wards, and the mobile phone company is not bound by HIPAA. Read the ruling below: (Article has PDF of ruling)
Republicans trying to draw attention to Ray Epps, Democrats trying to run out the clock before they must discuss his unusual treatment by the FBI (let off the hook) compared to everybody else they have persecuted. Comments below the video of interest.
Jan. 6 committee votes to subpoena former President Donald Trump The subpoena comes more than a year after the committee began investigating the insurrection. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/co...ans-vote-subpoena-trump-sources-say-rcna52146