Judicial Watch, the conservative foundation who investigate Congressional misdeeds, have filed a lawsuit against Adam Schiff and the House Intelligence Committee, demanding they release the subpoenas relating to phone records of Rudy Giulani and other Trump allies.
Records Are Of “Critical Public Importance”
Judicial Watch originally filed a records request on December 6th, and asked for “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 records of telephone calls of any individuals” and “all responses received to the above-referenced subpoenas,” to be published. However, there was no reply to their request, so they filed a lawsuit under the “common-law right of public access.”
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The lawsuit argues that the records are “of critical public importance,” as the subpoenas were “issued without any lawful basis and violated the rights of numerous private citizens.”
“Disclosure of the requested records would serve the public interest by providing information about the unlawful issuance of the subpoenas. The requested records fall within the scope of the public’s right of access to governmental records as a matter of federal common law,” it continues.
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Judicial Watch’s President, Tom Fitton released a statement in which he decried Representative Adam Schiff, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee.
“Schiff abused his power to secretly subpoena and then publish the private phone records, in potential violation of law, of innocent Americans. What else is Mr. Schiff hiding?” Fitton asked. “Schiff and his Committee ran roughshod over the rule of law in pursuit of the abusive impeachment of President Trump. This lawsuit serves as a reminder that Congressman Schiff and Congress are not above the law.”
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Judicial Watch Are Doing The Right Thing
I am in complete agreement with Fitton. It does not surprise me that the original request for the subpoena records were ignored, as they are going to prove to the American people what all of us conservatives know to be true – that Schiff and his cronies in Congress have overstepped the mark in their endless quest to take down President Trump.
The targeting of Giulani, Congressman Nunes, the President’s attorney Jay Sekulow and others, was necessary in the eyes of the raving-mad Democrats – who cares if the law is broken, as long as Trump is gone! Former Attorney General Mukasey said that the subpoenas “raise questions of work-product and attorney-client privilege,” and that the Democrats are breaking the law by pursuing this lost cause.
I don’t think it will be long before this comes back to bite the Democrats in their rear-ends.
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I cannot get past those bugging out eyes
The democrat socialist need to be stopped. Their hate for America ‘s equality . freedoms , and protections of the constitution have taken away the rights of Trump and his advisors. If our president has no rights or protection from their hate, then no one does.
Make the piece of schiff squirm than put him in jail.
The Republicans have for far too long sat back and watched as the democrats have run this country into this state of madness. Americans have had enough, hence the election of Donald J Trump, who has shaken up the “status quo” and is working for “We the People”. If the republicans do not step up and work with the President, it’s time for them to go. Schiff, shummer, pelosi, nadler & the rest of the self serving democrats are in a full on panic as President Trump continues to fulfill the promises he ran on and is accomplishing despite their never ending attacks and roadblocks. This charade of an impeachment is nothing but another desperate attempt to remove President Trump from office, so they can return to their business as usual antics. They have done NOTHING for their constituents in over three years now. Americans are seeing through all of this and are tired of it. I’ve been saying for a long time now that the Republicans need to get some backbone and fight back. President Trump is going to win 2020 and with that, continue draining the swamp that is DC politics.
Republicans, hear this, either stand and fight with the President, or get the hell out of the way, America is finally being returned to the Greatest country on earth.
These traitors like Schiff, need to be exposed, arrested and charged with treason and sedition. Seize their assets, strip them of all their government benefits and pensions and use those monies to reduce the national debt. They are not above the law
Would be nice to see Schiff the pedifile perp walked and found guilty but he won’t get any time
It has been a one way street for decades and the republicans let the democrats run them over. Now that we have a strong leader time to turn the table and run them over. Look what the dems have done to our country vote them out and make road kill out of them.
If there is anyone who should be impeached and removed from office and then tried for treason, it is this lying POS Schiff.
I would love to see a Democratic wing added to the Federal Penitentiary system so the crooks can all stay together and not infect anyone else.
It’s time for this flunky to quit or get fired, and take the bag pelosi with him
Schiff has been breaking the laws at every turn and it is time he has to pay for it. I abhor Pelosi trying to wangle fairness out of the Senate after she and that creep Schiff crapped on the Republicans all through the cheap impeachment debacle. That witch needs to leave office and just go to hell.
Schiff needs taken down.
Schiff needs to be in prison, not in politics
This is criminal and may be defined as treason. Carter Page was spied on and charged as a Russian spy EVEN though he worked for the CIA. Even after finding this out, Schiff continued.
It’s time for Schiff, et. al., to all be issued orange jump suits and shackles, citizenships revoked, and then publicly walked down the front steps of Congress onto awaiting buses, which will then transport them to a plane, where they will be flown and housed at GTMO. They are Traitors to this nation, and attempted to unseat our duly-elected President.
WAY past time to bring this evil lying Schiff down along with others who worked with him on the attacks against our president just because they hate him…. That is all they have… they are filled with vicious lies and extreme hate .. they will lie, cheat and fabricate crimes to bring him down… IT’S PATHETIC… This needs to be stopped and All the false information, the vicious lies, etc.. need to be squashed.. these lunatics need to be exposed for their coup attempt and removed from office … The media who continue to spread the vicious lies of these democRAT swamp rats need to be made to pay for spreading the slander of our president… They also need to be brought down for their help in this nightmare attacks on our president.
God bless President Trump for all the hard work he has done and IS doing FOR the American people and for America… SAVE AMERICA AND VOTE TRUMP 2020 or we will lose our country when the democRAT swamp rats destroy it and the American people
I wish this could be a class action lawsuit. I would sign up for that in a New York minute if anyone can think of a way to do it. Let me know
Republicans get your A game going or you just may find yourself out on your ear. You are lawyers just like the Dems. Start earning your money stop this now
COME ON, THREE YEARS OF THIS INSANITY….REPUBLICANS DO YOUR THING………….WIN THIS WAR.
JW
I HOPE THAT THIS LAW SUIT DOES GIVE THEM THE ABILITY TO PUT ADAM SCHIFF IN JAIL FOR LIFE OR WORSE AND HE STARTS TO SING SO WE SEE ALL OF THE BAD GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND THEIR PUPPET MASTERS GO TO JAIL FOR LIFE OR WORSE!! DEEP STATE CRIMINALS AND TRATORS WE THE PEOPLE ARE COMING TO PUT YOU AWAY FOR LIFE OR WORSE!! KMAG NOW AND IN TO THE FUTURE
America is about to find out what Schiff has been hiding. I was afraid it was something like a third nipple, phew.
Wow am so proud to say I support judicial watch And am sending a check out this week bravo. Doing what the GOP is too ….. to do.
The article does not state that any lawsuit has been brought against Adam Schiff, only a request for records has been filed. WHEN IS SOMEONE GOING TO HOLD SCHIFF OR ANY DEMOCRAT ACCOUNTABLE….?!! Adam Schiff himself needs to be sued and made to answer for his criminal acts and fraudulent lies which he has continued to tell for 3 years now in a court of law… THAT’s what WE, the American people, want to see… not a request for records that someone claims is a “lawsuit” somehow… the fact is, no one has sued Schiff yet, and someone needs to… and they need to do it, like yesterday…
Another frivolous lawsuit to divert the attention away from Trump’s misdoings. His legacy won’t fare well by historians. Funny thing, his undoing was mostly caused by himself. He probably could have become a great president, if he didn’t act like such a nut job. You can only take this “big bully” routine so far before it backfires, but I admit he still has a strong fan base of voters who like him stooping to such low levels of intelligent responses. I guess it’s just some kind of weird kinship the have with him. We’ll see if it’s enough to win in 2020.
Justise is coming. In the form of Jesus Christ. And no one will like it unless they repeat . No matter who it is.
When Trump is elected to his second term in office I believe we’re going to see a lot of the Democrats who were involved in the “take down” of President Trump being indicted, sentenced and hopefully marched off to prison with the help of Durham. Comey may be the first one to go. That’s the way the swamp is going to get drained. Trump’s NOT going to let this continue during his next four years in office. I believe that he is sick of what the Democrats are doing to him and this country and I’m sure the rest of the country, at least the Republicans, are too!
Judicial Watch is doing the right thing. Hopefully a Judge will see that the Congress in their obsession with removing President Trump from office will do anything including breaking the law. Just like the FBI’s illegal efforts sanctioned by Obama.
you ain’t taking bout shitt are you?
what a terrible thing to do to a very nice man NOT NOT NOT!!!
The Dem elites in our government are immune to all of our laws and there is no justice for them. We must reign these lawless people in and never let them pass another law that they are immune from. It is time to stop this madness. They don’t think twice about being corrupt and using our tax dollars for their benefit.
I love the analogy in your last sentence.
Schiff’s stand-up act is too funny to miss. Everything he does or has done is turned around with him accusing Trump or Republicans of the same thing. He always has the inside scoop on something that never pans out and he is just so full of himself. He even makes Maxine Waters look almost normal. Hope he becomes someones girlfriend in a Federal Hotel.
I also found out that WHEN we take back the house, President Trump can and will be able to expunge this bogus impeachment! So that old hag Pelosi was mistaken about this being on his record forever!
I will pray that this lawsuit will prevail! God bless Tom Fitton!
There isn’t any! None! Nada! Zip! Zilch!
A lot of things Schiff has done are suspicious! The air must be cleared. The American people deserve to know the entire story. We need more than feelings, guesses, and presumptions. It is easy to make an accusation but where is the proof?
The rest of the American people cannot allow these charlatans to make a mockery of our Laws & Trample our Constitution & The Stars & Stripes any more. The time to END this is NOW and for ever.
Make that the next 100 years..
Absa-positively. I am sick of how these swamp creatures seem to be immune to responsibility. Lock ’em all up.
Prison time is the only thing that will stop it. Once the Dems know that we’re not fooling around and people are sent to prison, maybe they’ll get the message. Hopefully that would discourage another coup d’etat attempt on the future Republican presidents, in 2028, 2032, 2036 and 2040. You think I’m kidding? After the disastrous 8 years of Obama, and what the Dems have done to President Trump, who would be crazy enough to ever vote for another Democrat president? Trump in 2020 and May God Bless this country with a Republican president like Trump for at least the next 20 years.
Schiff for Brains is the slimiest of the slimy. There needs to be a message sent so such illegal action is halted for good.
Keep repeating over & over. schiff, Putin’s right and left hand man. He’s the enemy of the people.
It would be nice to see an extreme legal example made of Schiff head.
GTMO
Great, it is time to be locking the liberal dem bloodsucking parasitical leeches in a federal pen.
I hope the Republicans will nail the Democrats to the wall for their riding roughshod over the rights of Republicans, the rule of law, the right to meet your accuser and a fair trial. the Democrats picked and chose what information they wanted made public. Republicans can no longer sit silent and let the Democrats do whatever they want (whether true or not). They have no credible evidence that Trump broke any laws. On the other hand Democrats have broken plenty.
VIRGINIA = BLACKFACE
They are going to ignite a civil war in Virginia, so that, they can either arrest, assassinate or remove Trump. Gov. Ralph Northam will declare martial law in Virginia, thus, shutting down the interstates/highways to Washington, blocking the millions of citizens storming the Capitol/capital. These are truly turbulent times and there are already, supposedly, up to 1.2 million UN soldiers already inside our borders to maintain order and fight Conservatives
Raindrop:
Yes but you used the wrong verb. Schiff and his gang don’t need to KNOW the consequences; They need to LEARN the consequences ! I’d love to see all their lying posteriors in a cold, damp, cell !
You’re right and if Schiff should be charged and sent to prison, the media would most likely say that he is being falsely accused and charged with a crime he didn’t commit and the liberals would believe it even though it’s as plain as the nose on their faces that what he did was not legal. The liberal Democrats will defend their own, no matter how corrupt they are; prime example HILLARY CLINTON!
Yep you are correct! Recently told a friend to do America a favor and not vote period. Especially since friend does not have a computer and only watches MSM and the lies, that friend has no business in voting. Researching must be done period. Where I live it is full of die hard democrats, all old seniors who are really rather stupid!! They do not have a REAL clue as to what is really happening. And only vote for anything with a D behind their name! Sickening and disgusting! And what makes me very angry is they vote! Grrrr!
But they have the media to back them up in their lies and so many Americans do not use “information and discretion”.