{"id":43973,"date":"2021-12-12T13:39:39","date_gmt":"2021-12-12T18:39:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=43973"},"modified":"2021-12-12T13:39:39","modified_gmt":"2021-12-12T18:39:39","slug":"something-to-follow-closely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=43973","title":{"rendered":"Something To Follow Closely"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Thursday, Breitbart<\/a> reported that former President Trump Chief of Staff Mark Meadows has filed a lawsuit challenging the U.S. House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

Mark Meadows turned the tables on the\u00a0U.S. House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack on Wednesday, filling a lawsuit in federal district court in D.C. that argues the committee is unconstitutional and in violation of House rules.<\/strong><\/p>\n

CNN and other establishment media outlets played the lawsuit as a last-ditch effort by a man desperate to avoid a subpoena \u2014 or desperate to appease his former boss, Donald Trump.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yet the lawsuit is a serious threat to the existence of the committee.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The lawsuit<\/a> makes some familiar arguments, such as that the committee is violating the Constitution\u2019s separation of powers by encroaching on executive privilege. Former Trump aide Stephen K. Bannon, who is being prosecuted by the supposedly apolitical Department of Justice for contempt of Congress, is making the same case against his subpoena in federal court.<\/strong><\/p>\n

But Meadows goes further, pointing out that the January 6 committee violates the terms of its own enabling resolution.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The resolution<\/a>, H. Res. 503, provides that the committee \u201cshall\u201d consist of 13 members, five of which \u201cshall be appointed after consultation with the minority leader.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

But the committee only has nine members, seven of whom are Democrats, and only two of whom are hand-picked anti-Trump Republicans. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) rejected the five members chosen by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (D-CA), an unprecedented step to ensure a one-sided inquiry.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The article continues:<\/p>\n

Furthermore, Meadows\u2019s lawsuit points out that while the chair of the committee can order subpoenas, that authority is not absolute. H. Res. 503 requires the chair of the committee to consult with the ranking member before issuing a subpoena for a deposition. But the committee has no ranking Republican member, which could make the committee\u2019s subpoenas invalid.<\/strong><\/p>\n

If Meadows\u2019s lawsuit is successful, he could not only block his own subpoena, but could see the entire committee declared invalid. Pelosi and the Democrats would have to start over \u2014 this time, obeying the rules, with five Republican members.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Democrats obviously overreached in the way the committee was set up and the way the members were chosen. It seems only fair that this should backfire on them. I am hoping it does.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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