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A day after he failed to appear before the January 6 committee for congressional testimony, Michael Flynn sued to block the committee from accessing his phone records. The former national security adviser is now the latest Trump confidant to take the committee to court.
On Tuesday, Flynn sued House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, and all nine of its members, including chair Rep. Bennie Thompson and vice chair Rep. Liz Cheney.
The lawsuit, filed in a federal court in Florida, specifically seeks to invalidate and prohibit the enforcement of a subpoena issued to Verizon for Flynns phone records, which Flynn says is in violation of his constitutional rights and the laws of the United States. Flynn is also seeking to block the committee from both obtaining and releasing the phone records of his family members, according to the lawsuit.
Flynns time as former President Donald Trumps top national security aide was extremely brief, as he resigned less than a month into Trumps tenure in 2017 after admitting hed lied to top administration officials about a phone call with the Russian ambassador concerning sanctions.
But Flynn remained in Trumps orbit through his presidency, and in the final months of his term, Trump pardoned Flynn, who had pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI in the Russia investigation. As the White House tried to plot a way to overturn the 2020 election results, Flynn was present for a Dec. 18, 2020, meeting in the Oval Office where participants reportedly discussed the possibility of Trump issuing an order declaring a national emergency and using the military to seize voting machines.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/akv388/michael-flynn-suing-jan-6-committee
pandr32
(11,581 posts)He needs to be held accountable asap before he does any more damage to the free world.
Progressive Jones
(6,011 posts)Sanity Claws
(21,847 posts)I want him to face consequences and provide information on others. Can't do that if you're dead.
WHITT
(2,868 posts)faster than you can say 'frivolous lawsuit'.
NCjack
(10,279 posts)avoid high buildings. Once, he did not know enough become Employee of the Month, but now he knows too much.