Indiana photojournalist sues House Jan. 6 committee over subpoenaed phone records
Fox News hosts, Donald Trump Jr. implored Mark Meadows to help stop Jan. 6 riot, committee says
“The subpoena violates the core protections afforded to journalists pursuant to the First Amendment,” the lawsuit reads. “Furthermore, it seeks to undermine these fundamental protections without affording Harris fair notice and an opportunity to challenge its legality by demanding the records be turned over just two weeks after the subpoena was issued.”
Top officials who have been subpoenaed include Mark Meadows, former chief of staff for President Trump, and senior Trump advisers Steve Bannon and Stephen Miller.
In December 2020, Harris began covering the Proud Boys and Tarrio after meeting him in the fall, according to court documents.
On Jan. 4, Harris traveled to Washington as part of her coverage of the far-right extremist group and its members. Shortly afterward, however, Tarrio was arrested upon entering from Florida on one misdemeanor charge and later, two felony counts of possession of high-capacity ammunition feeding devices which were discovered after his arrest.
Meadows is suing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the members of the Jan. 6 committee.
Meadows is asking the U.S. District Court of D.C. to invalidate the subpoenas he’s received from the committee. He argues that the committee “acts absent any valid legislative power and threatens to violate longstanding principles of executive privilege and immunity that are of constitutional origin and dimension.”