The former US president’s move seeks to avoid a subpoena to testify before the House of Representatives on November 14
Former US President Donald Trump has filed a lawsuit against the US House of Representatives committee investigating the January 6, 2021 Capitol raid in an attempt to prevent him from testifying on November 14. The application has not yet been evaluated.
According to the lawsuit, filed Friday night (November 11, 2022) in a Florida court, “never has any president or former president been compelled to do so.”
Here is the whole process in English (334 KB).
The House Investigative Committee sent a subpoena to the former president on October 21. In the document, Congressmen specified that testimony before the commission must be given by November 14, 2022.
The group says there is “evidence” Trump “personally orchestrated” to reverse the 2020 election result. The college also asked the Republican to turn over a number of documents. Here is the full text of the letter in English (1 MB).
Trump’s lawyers also allege that the subpoena violates executive privilege guaranteed by the Constitution even though he left the US presidency more than 21 months ago.
According to the defense, as a former president, Trump has “absolute immunity from having to testify before Congress about his actions.” “The committee’s subpoena is expressly addressed to President Trump, in his capacity as a past president, for information about his actions as president and to regulate future presidents, and is therefore void,” the lawsuit reads.
Remember the invasion of the Capitol
US Congressmen gathered on Capitol Hill on January 6, 2021 to certify US President Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 presidential election.
Trump supporters broke through the police line in front of the compound and stormed the House and Senate premises. More than 100 police officers were injured and 5 people died that day.
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