Arizona GOP goes to Supreme Court to block Jan. 6 committee subpoena

Source: Politico | October 26, 2022 | Kyle Cheney

State chair Kelli Ward is trying to stop the panel from accessing her mobile phone records.

Kelli Ward, the chair of the Arizona Republican Party, is asking the Supreme Court to block the Jan. 6 select committee from accessing her phone records.

Ward urged the justices Wednesday to temporarily block lower-court rulings that require T-Mobile to provide her phone records to the panel, which wants to examine her contacts in the weeks leading up to the attack on the Capitol.

The panel sees Ward as an integral part of Donald Trump’s effort to assemble false slates of electors and use them as part of a broader scheme to disrupt the transfer of presidential power to Joe Biden.

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Ward served as one of the pro-Trump electors who signed certificates claiming to be qualified electors despite Biden’s victory in their states. She others on the pro-Trump slate were among those who received grand jury subpoenas from federal prosecutors investigating efforts by Trump and his allies to overturn the 2020 election. Ward indicated in a recent court filing that the Justice Department has not taken any steps to enforce those subpoenas in recent months.

Ward also asserted her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination in an appearance before the Jan. 6 select committee, a fact that the appeals court panel majority noted could be held against her in the civil lawsuit.

Ward’s Supreme Court application lands before Justice Elena Kagan, who is likely to refer it to the full court for further action.

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