Stefan Passantino, a lawyer from Washington, D.C., who provided representation for ex-White House staffer Cassidy Hutchinson during her testimony before the Jan. 6 House Select Committee, has filed a lawsuit against the committee, accusing it of.
jackson lee who s a senior member of that committee she told axios that democrat message on what they will be twofold, hitting republicans o their attempts to intervene in wrecks prosecution of trump, and hammering gop inaction o gun control. to matthew s point, this is th party that builds itself on la and order, it is more like a crime and disorder what do you expect democrats t do on monday during this hearing? i think they will reference the city that matthew just mentioned, it s called mansfield, ohio. it is in jordan s own district it has a higher crime rate tha new york city. i mean, i think we ll hear tha again and again and again, a well as what you talked abou with columbus, ohio, and the will get back to the old ohi state wrestling controversies. haut i mean, the setup here is so obvious it is such a stunt, they r leaving themselves wide open o issues like gun, law and order going back to january 6th an
trump supporters, many of whic are threatening and racially charged in nature. brags attorneys also asked the court to quash the subpoen sent to former assistant dea mark pomerantz whose testimony they say will cause quote, imminent irreparable harm to brags investigation. the judge in the case, mary ka viscous l, a trump appointee declined to block th enforcement of that subpoena she did however order drouin s lure to respond to the lawsuit by this monday, april 17th she put a hearing on the books for april 19th, two days later look, it is unclear whether ji jordan is going to respond i time, because quite frankly, h may be preoccupied with a fiel hearing his committee is holding that very same day right here in manhattan. yes, the circus is coming to town on monday, republicans wil hold a hearing titled of victims of violent crime i manhattan, which they clai
with that at the moment. given that she is recovering from shingles, they themselves have members out for lon periods of time. why would they do this if they don t, we will have to deal with it then. but we will need ten republicans to be able to pu that over the top. i want to talk to you about clarence thomas before we go do you think that a woma should replace undefined sound the committee? i am not going to weigh i on who should replace or on th committee. i think that is senator schume s call, and i have such great faith and my colleagues that i really could be anyone that s a very diplomati answer look, there s lots o conversation in the news about the lack of reports from the supreme court justice, clarence thomas, on hi financial relationship with mega donor, a republican megadonor. you had said earlier today that there needs to be som
fighter. he s not backing down from wha we re seeing with thes republican tactics and i m wondering, like, i there a big takeaway lesso here for the democrats should they take a note from bragg s playbook fighting fire with fire? should they be more aggressive in the face of this republican interference well, what we see here is jim jordan who chairs th committee, called th weaponization of government, actually weaponizing government. he is weaponizing congressiona oversight by getting the way o a local law enforcement issue. and i think, you know, i don t think bragg is much of a choic here i mean, this is jim jordan for the political stunt coming right at him so, he s pushing back becaus he has to preserve his own authority, his own legitimacy. and i think in general, if you look at, you know, the democrats in the last fe months as we have started a ne republican congress, they have really not rolled over for these bogus hearings and