rudy giuliani - Forum - Command Center2024-03-29T02:19:38Zhttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/forum/feed/tag/rudy+giulianiJudicial Watch: House Lawyers for Adam Schiff Assert Privilege over Schiff Subpoenas of Impeachment Phone Recordshttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/forum/judicial-watch-house-lawyers-for-adam-schiff-assert-privilege-ove2020-05-28T22:57:28.000Z2020-05-28T22:57:28.000ZAdmin Melony B. DeFordhttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/members/AdminMelonyBDeFord<div><p><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}5432614284,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}5432614284,RESIZE_584x{{/staticFileLink}}" width="500" alt="5432614284?profile=RESIZE_584x" /></a></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><strong>(Washington, DC) –</strong> Judicial Watch announced today that Representative Adam Schiff (D-CA) and the U.S. House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence asked the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia <a href="https://www.judicialwatch.org/documents/jw-v-schiff-motion-to-dismiss-03790/" target="_blank">to dismiss</a> the lawsuit against them for the controversial impeachment-related subpoenas for phone records, including those of Rudy Giuliani, President Trump’s lawyer. Schiff and the Committee are being represented by the Office of General Counsel for the House of Representatives.</p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal">The phone records led to the <a href="https://www.judicialwatch.org/documents/trump-ukraine-impeachment-inquiry-report-december-2019/" target="_blank">publication</a> of the private phone records of Giuliani, Congressman Devin Nunes, journalist John Solomon, Trump attorney Jay Sekulow, attorney Victoria Toensing, and other American citizens.</p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal">In their 14-page motion Schiff and the Committee claim “sovereign immunity;” “Speech or Debate Clause” privilege; immunity from FOIA and transparency law; that the records are secret; and that Judicial Watch and public do not need to see them.</p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal">Judicial Watch filed its <a href="https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-releases/judicial-watch-sues-rep-schiff-and-the-house-intelligence-committee-for-phone-subpoenas-targeting-trump/" target="_blank">lawsuit</a> under the public’s common-law right of public access to examine government records after it received no response to a December 6, 2019, records request (<a href="https://www.judicialwatch.org/documents/jw-v-schiff-subpoenas-and-comms-complaint-03790/" target="_blank"><em>Judicial Watch v. v Adam Schiff and U.S. House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence</em></a> (No. 1:19-03790)):</p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="x_MsoNormalCxSpMiddle">All subpoenas issued by the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence on or about September 30, 2019 to any telecommunications provider including, but not limited to AT&T, Inc., for all records of telephone calls of any individuals</li>
<li class="x_MsoNormalCxSpMiddle">All responses received to the above subpoenas.</li>
</ul>
<p class="x_MsoNormal">Schiff is a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, currently serving as chairman of the United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. Schiff is being sued in his capacity as Chairman of that committee.</p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal">read more here: <a href="https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-releases/judicial-watch-house-lawyers-for-adam-schiff-assert-privilege-over-schiff-subpoenas-of-impeachment-phone-records/">https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-releases/judicial-watch-house-lawyers-for-adam-schiff-assert-privilege-over-schiff-subpoenas-of-impeachment-phone-records/</a></p></div>