Two ‘alternate electors’ sue Jan. 6 committee to block subpoena
A pair of so-called alternate electors sued this week to block the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol from getting their phone records.
Kelli Ward, the Arizona GOP chair, and her husband, Michael Ward, argued in papers filed Tuesday in federal court in Arizona that the congressional panel should be prevented from getting their phone records because they are doctors.
The suit contends that if T-Mobile were to hand over their records to the committee, it would “violate state and federal privileges of medical privacy and physician-client communications; and substantially infringe the right to privacy guaranteed under Arizona state law by invading the Plaintiffs’ seclusion.”
A spokesperson for the Jan. 6 committee did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The House panel issued subpoenas last week to 14 of the 84 so-called alternate electors who falsely claimed that then-President Donald Trump had won the election in their states.
Read Full Story
NBC News Rating
More Stories
Dems turn focus to racist ‘replacement theory’ post-Buffalo shooting
Democrats are flipping the script after a racist mass shooter killed 10 people in Buffalo, N.Y., blaming Fox News and...
Truth Social has no ad revenue, but banks on exclusive Donald Trump posts
Truth Social, the Donald Trump-backed social network, aims to attract an "open, free, and honest global conversation" on its platform "without...
Finland will apply for NATO membership, president says, in historic move for traditionally neutral country
Finland will apply for membership in NATO, the country’s president said Sunday, in a historic move for the Nordic country,...
The Buffalo supermarket shooting suspect posted an apparent manifesto repeatedly citing ‘Great Replacement’ theory
A manifesto claiming to be written by the suspect in a mass shooting at a Buffalo supermarket that killed 10 laid out specific plans to attack Black people and repeatedly cited the “Great Replacement” Theory, the false idea that a cabal is attempting to replace white Americans with non-white people through immigration, interracial marriage and…
Russia says it will act if NATO moves nuclear forces nearer its border; Ukraine makes territorial gains
In the most precise prediction by a senior Ukrainian official to date, Major General Kyrylo Budanov has said he believes...
White House releases financial disclosures for Biden, Harris
WASHINGTON — The White House released financial disclosure reports for President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday showing that the president’s personal finances have changed little since last year.Biden’s report, which includes information on first lady Jill Biden, showed that he earned a modest amount of outside income during his first year…