Donald Trump’s longtime adviser Michael Flynn has sued the Congressional Committee investigating the deadly January 6 attack on the US Capitol for blocking him from accessing his phone records.
Flynn alleged in a lawsuit filed in federal court in Florida that a subpoena issued to him by the Select Committee of the House of Representatives was too broad and penalizes him for constitutionally protected speech as a private citizen.
Flynn also alleged in the lawsuit that the committee “has no right to do business because it is not a duly constituted selection committee”.
An appeals court has rejected that argument, ruling on December 9 that the committee was legitimate and entitled to see the White House records Trump tried to shield.
Committee issued summons FlynnTrump’s short-lived former national security adviser sought testimony and documents in November about a “command center” at the Willard Hotel in Washington to drive efforts to deny Joe Biden his November 2020 election victory. was established for.
After the election, Flynn urged Trump to deploy the military to reverse the results and made speeches that raised doubts about the vote.
The selection committee did not comment.
Flynn’s lawsuit is the latest in a flood of litigation by the committee’s targets, seeking to stop it from enforcing its subpoenas.
Conspiracy theorist and founder of right-wing website Infowars Alex Jones filed a similar case on Monday.
Trump has likewise sought to block the committee from obtaining White House records from January 6 and earlier, claiming they are protected by a legal principle called executive privilege. An appeals court rejected Trump’s arguments last week. He is expected to appeal in the Supreme Court.
Flynn was previously charged as part of the former special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation In Russian influence wing 2016 presidential election Trump won.
Flynn, a retired army general, pleaded guilty in January 2017 to lying to the FBI about a conversation he had with Russia’s ambassador to the US. Trump later forgave him.