A federal judge has just tossed out a lawsuit by Mark Meadows fighting to vacate subpoenas issued by Pelosi’s hack January 6th Committee.
According to the judge, the case was dismissed for “lack of subject-matter jurisdiction”.
Here’s more from Fox News:
A U.S. district court has thrown out former Trump administration chief of staff Mark Meadows’s lawsuit against the House Jan. 6 Committee.
Meadows filed the lawsuits hoping to vacate two subpoenas issued for him last year to appear before the committee.
Judge Carl Nichols ruled that Meadows’ case did not hold up in the face of the Constitution’s “speech and debate” clause.
“[Meadows’s] claims raise a number of unsettled questions, including whether a senior aide to a former President can be compelled to testify before Congress; whether a former President can validly assert executive privilege; and whether a sitting President may override a former President’s claim of privilege,” Nichols wrote.
The judge continued, “Before the Court can wrestle with those issues, however, it must first address whether the Speech or Debate Clause bars this suit. The Court concludes that it does, and it therefore dismisses Meadows’s claims for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction.”
Meadows can still appeal the decision, which would further prolong his resistance to appearing before the committee. Some Republicans have promised to dismantle the Jan. 6 Committee if the GOP retakes the House in the upcoming midterm elections.
Meadows, in November 2021, began providing records to the Jan. 6 committee.
The House of Representatives voted in December 2021 to hold Meadows in criminal contempt after he ceased cooperating.
I hope Meadows appeals this lawsuit because it’s all about to be moot in a couple of months.
In case you are wondering, the judge in this case was appointed by President Trump in 2019.