Trump Files Lawsuit To Avoid Jan. 6 Committee Subpoena

WASHINGTON (AP) – Former President Donald Trump is suing the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to block a subpoena requiring him to testify.

Trump attorney David A. Warrington says, “Long-held precedent and practice maintain that separation of powers prohibits Congress from compelling a President to testify before it.”

He says Trump has “engaged with the Committee in a good faith effort to resolve these concerns consistent with Executive Branch prerogatives and separation of powers,” but says the committee “insists on pursuing a political path, leaving President Trump with no choice but to involve the third branch, the judicial branch, in this dispute.”