Posted on 05/24/2022 1:25:15 PM PDT by RandFan
A federal appeals court on Tuesday temporarily blocked the House Jan. 6 select committee from obtaining Republican National Committee (RNC) records while the GOP challenges a subpoena for documents pertaining to its fundraising efforts in the weeks leading up to Jan. 6, 2021.
A three-judge panel for the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals granted the RNC a temporary administrative injunction prohibiting third-party vendor Salesforce from turning over the party’s fundraising records to the select committee. The injunction will remain in effect until the judges decide the RNC’s emergency motion for a more lasting injunction, the panel said in a brief order.
“The purpose of this administrative injunction is to give the court sufficient opportunity to consider the emergency motion for an injunction pending appeal and should not be construed in any way as a ruling on the merits of that motion,” the panel said.
All three judges on the panel were appointed by former President Trump.
Salesforce would have been able to turn over the records as early as Wednesday when a lower court’s injunction was set to expire.
The RNC is appealing a federal judge’s decision from earlier this month ordering Salesforce to comply with the subpoena. The national committee had asked the D.C. Circuit panel to prevent the subpoena from being enforced while it makes its case on appeal.
“Without an injunction, the RNC will have no opportunity to obtain relief on appeal, as Salesforce has indicated it will respond to the Subpoena and the Congressional Defendants claim the Court is without authority to award relief once Salesforce produces,” the RNC’s lawyers wrote in a court filing earlier this month.
RNC fundraising records?
When is the GOP going to put a stop to this crap?
Golly gee, January 6th committee a legal means for Democrats to get Republican records.
Who would’ve guessed (everybody!)
Watergate, secret FISA warrants, January 6th committee.
All the same. Opposition research...to win elections.
Liz Cheney is a Republican.
RNC had nothing to do with January 6 and everyone knows it.
House Jan. 6 Select Committee. Our very own Committee of Public Safety.
Is she really, though?
“and the Congressional Defendants claim the Court is without authority to award relief”
Nice. Nothing gets the black robed demi gods dander up more than telling them they dont have a say. Lol
She calls herself that in interviews.
huh. maybe those records would get accidentally bleach bit. I mean, most of those records are cookie recipes and wedding plans anyway.
Not anymore. She is outright hostile to Republicans and she intends to inflict as much damage as possible before she gets voted out in Nov.
Liz Cheney is a Republican.
Is she? Calling oneself a Republican, when acting like a Democrat, puts the lie to that.
The whole January 6 Committee belongs on an ant pile.
Liz Cheney is a Republican.
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