Former President Donald Trump’s attorney announced plans to sue to block a subpoena from the Jan. 6 committee.
David A. Warrington of the Dhillon Law Group announced the plans in a statement obtained by Politico reporter Kyle Cheney, who also obtained the full 41-page lawsuit, which argues that Trump attempted to engage with the committee in “good faith” but that their partisanship has overstepped their bounds.
“Long-held precedent and practice maintain that separation of powers prohibits Congress from compelling a President to testify before it,” Warrington’s statement reads. “This partisan Committee insists on pursuing a legal path, leaving president Trump with no choice but to involve the third branch, the judicial branch, in this dispute between the executive and legislative branches.”
Warrington goes on to claim that Trump has the backing of both parties, as he is urging the separation of powers.
“President Trump joins Presidents of both parties in insisting that the legislative branch honor the boundaries set forth in the Constitution, instead of catering to base partisan impulses,” he added.
Meanwhile, staff members of the Jan. 6 committee told NBC News that the committee’s final report would focus on Trump himself, not the failures of law enforcement. Several teams working on the failures of law enforcement were told that their findings would not be included in the final report, as they didn’t directly link Trump to the event. However, a spokesman for the committee denied the report.
If proven to be true, the report is likely to strengthen Trump’s supporters’ belief that the committee is a partisan witch hunt and possibly strengthen Trump’s legal case against complying with the subpoena.
Reporting by The Washington Examiner.
