Sidney Powell Sues Verizon To Block Phone Records From Jan. 6 Committee
Pro-Trump lawyer Sidney Powell is suing Verizon in an effort to block a subpoena by the Jan. 6 Select committee.
In a lawsuit filed last week, Powell’s attorney, Bob Holmes, argued that information requested by the subpoena is protected by attorney-client privilege. Holmes added that the MAGA lawyer shouldn’t have to produce phone records for the committee because she was not part of the mob of Trump supporters who stormed the Capitol last year.
“Ms. Powell had no involvement in the events of January 6, yet the DOJ is seeking records that contain attorney client privileges held by numerous clients,” the lawsuit said.
Holmes argued that the Committee lacks “any valid legislative purpose” to seek Powell’s phone information. Holmes wrote that the Committee’s subpoena violates the Telecommunications Act of 1996 by seeking “contents of a communication while in electronic storage” because neither the plaintiff nor the law authorized the disclosure of Powell’s phone records.
Additionally, Holmes argued that the enforcement of the subpoena would deprive Powell of the opportunity to “review the proposed disclosure and assert applicable privileges,” and would cause the MAGA lawyer to suffer irreparable harm.”
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I suspect there are phone records of other 1/6 perps that already list her number on that day. Guess she's finding it uncomfortable to have the Kraken unleashed against her.
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