January 6 Select Committee

[dan1100]

Here it is.

https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/ ... plaint.pdf

Lawyer who filed it.

https://www.binnall.com/our-team/

[raison de arizona]

Here it is.

https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/ ... plaint.pdf

Lawyer who filed it.

https://www.binnall.com/our-team/

Thanks. I'm already laughing and I've barely started.

The United States House Select Committee to Investigate the January
6th Attack on the United States Capitol (the “Committee”) has decided to harass
President Trump and senior members of his administration (among others) by
sending an illegal, unfounded, and overbroad records request to the Archivist of the
United States.

He's suing in his official capacity as... a former president. Hmm.

20. Plaintiff Donald J. Trump is the 45th President of the United States.
President Trump brings this suit solely in his official capacity as a former President
under the PRA, associated regulations, the Executive Order, the Declaratory
Judgment Act, and the Constitution of the United States.

It's possible this isn't why the committee was formed...

27. After the 2020 election, the Democrats in Congress created the
Committee pursuant to House Resolution 503 in a misguided attempt to intimidate
and harass President Trump and his supporters under the guise of investigating the
events of January 6, 2021.

I'm not going to rehash the legal arguments. I read the complaint and also the relevant statutes they reference though, and in my IANAL mind it doesn't look like he has a leg to stand on. The statute reads pretty clear to me that if he claims privilege, then Biden doesn't uphold it, that's it. The records get released.

[neeneko]

So.. the committee is 'harassing' them by requesting records from an archive, requiring no work on their part, and obtaining only things they have said?

[Uninformed]

“1. Plaintiff President Donald J. Trump brings this civil action…”

[bob]

1. This lawsuit was filed by Jesse Binnall, a sort of later-day Klayman.

2. It asks for two, related injunctions (a permanent one and a preliminary one to allow for an opportunity to review the records). So the immediate future appears to be a series of motions, applications to stay, etc.

Whether the repeached Florida Man can find one judge (read: five SCOTUS justices) willing to indulge him remains to be seen.

[p0rtia]

So it's all about posturing to effect a delay, right?

[Volkonski]

[bob]

So it's all about posturing to effect a delay, right?

Yes, if a court bites.

[raison de arizona]

[filly]

[Slim Cognito]

Karma, you magnificent bitch.

[filly]

The Select Committee is voting on the Bannon contempt issue right now. You can stream it or put on cable news (no idea if Faux is carrying it, but I can guess).

[bob]

[Volkonski]

[filly]

Liz makes a point.

[Volkonski]

[Volkonski]

[Volkonski]

[Kendra]

Jim Jordan on now.

Gaetz is starting now.

[Kendra]

Gaetz, more border talk and other shite like what about all those riots on the streets in 2020?

[Volkonski]

[Kendra]

I enjoyed watching the democrat members of the committee when they had their time to ask Gaetz and Jordan questions. Jamie Raskin

[northland10]

No surprise there.

1. All the republican members had supported at least one of the objections to the electoral vote.
2. It's a safe position. Even if they personally felt that Bannon should be held in contempt, they knew there were more than enough Democratic votes so they could look good to the base without risking the issue passing.

I know some are thinking they need to stand their conscience (if they actually agreed with contempt) but, in all fairness, this is politics. This type of game is not new.

[raison de arizona]

[bob]

The two being the two Republicans on the commission, i.e., Cheney and Kinzinger.