The 41-page complaint filed in federal court in Florida claims the subpoena is invalid because it lacks a “valid legislative purpose,” is overbroad and “infringes on Trump’s executive privilege” and First Amendment rights.
Former US President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit against the House committee investigating the attack on the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, on Friday in an attempt to block a subpoena issued last month for documents and a jury. testimony.
According to a Washington Post report, the 41-page complaint filed in Florida federal court claims the subpoena is invalid because it lacks a “valid legislative purpose,” is overbroad and “infringes on Trump’s executive privilege” and First Amendment rights. The lawsuit also argues that the commission lacks the authority to issue subpoenas — an argument that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and several other judges have already rejected.
“Consistent with the constitutional separation of powers and knowledge of the opinion of the Department of Justice, as stated over the past fifty years and reiterated as recently as last September, President Trump has asserted his absolute immunity from compelled testimony before Congress regarding his actions while served as President of the United States,” Trump’s lawyers wrote.
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