Michael Flynn sues Capitol attack committee in bid to block subpoena

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Source: The Guardian

Michael Flynn, a longtime adviser to Donald Trump, has sued the congressional committee investigating the deadly 6 January attack on the US Capitol in hopes of blocking it from obtaining his phone records.

Flynn alleged in a lawsuit, filed in federal court in Florida, that a subpoena issued to him by the House of Representatives select committee was too broad in scope and punishes him for constitutionally protected speech as a private citizen.

Flynn also alleged in the lawsuit that the committee “has no authority to conduct business because it is not a duly constituted select committee”.

An appeals court has rejected that argument, ruling on 9 December that the committee was valid and entitled to see White House records Trump has tried to shield.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/michael-flynn-sues-capitol-attack-committee-in-bid-to-block-subpoena/ar-AAS3C67?li=BBnb7Kz

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No such luck traitor boy

[TomDaisy]

1. are we completely incapable of getting this dangerous asshole under control

[milestogo]

4. Like this.

[PatSeg]

2. Seriously?

He sounds awfully desperate, doesn't he?

The committee “has no authority to conduct business because it is not a duly constituted select committee”.

[Ray Bruns]

3. Good luck with that, skippy.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

5. We can smell Flynn's stink all across America

Link to tweet

[liberalgunwilltravel]

6. Court Martial

Recall him back to active duty and court martial his ass.

[bluestarone]

7. Looks like they all met and decided

Hey, let's SUE the investigators? Gotta be a decision they come up with TOGETHER.

[csziggy]

8. He's already LOST!

Michael Flynn loses his legal challenge to the House January 6 probe, one day after filing it
CNN Digital Expansion 2018 Katelyn Polantz

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN Reporter, Crime and Justice
Updated 4:47 PM ET, Wed December 22, 2021

(CNN)Michael Flynn has swiftly lost his bid in court to block a possible House select committee subpoena for his phone records and to hold off demands he speak to the panel investigating January 6.
The ruling comes one day after he asked a federal judge in Florida for a temporary restraining order, and it's the first quick response to a lawsuit from a House witness, after several went to court to try to invalidate the committee and block the House from pursuing their phone records.
So far, 11 others for whom the committee subpoenaed phone records have sued.

Overall, the House has already spoken to dozens of witnesses and requested more than 100 people's phone records.

More: https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/22/politics/michael-flynn-january-6-lawsuit/index.html