The Jan. 6 select committee has reportedly subpoenaed the phone records of more than 100 people, which include a number of former Trump officials and associates such as former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, according to CNN.
CNN reported that one subpoena requests “all call, message, Internet Protocol and data connection detail records associated with the phone number” from November 1, 2020 through January 31, 2021.
The letter also reportedly requests information related to phone numbers, IP addresses and devices that the account in question has communicated with.
Somebody jab me with the Schadenfreude EpiPen – stat!!
The request demanded records about the planning and execution of the attack from a range of companies that include right-wing social networks Gab and Parler, troll forums 4Chan and 8Kun, and mainstream tech giant Google, as well as Facebook, Twitter, and walkie-talkie app Zello.
Gotta say, I do love the irony of right wing troll sites being used to hang right wing trolls.
that the Select Committee has no intention of respecting boundaries concerning Executive Privilege,” Terwilliger said in a letter to the committee first reported by CNN.
How dare the Select Committee not honor my client’s bullshit claims of “executive privilege “? I do declare!
Is the timing here of interest to anyone? That the Select Committee reveals they have subpoenaed Meadows’ metadata just as he backs out of testifying?
While there’s no doubt the Committee is well justified in seeking Meadows’ telephone metadata, and even though it’s “just” metadata, going after Trump’s CoS feels like a big deal. About as close as you can get to Trump without being on his lap…but Ivanka’s already reserved that spot.
from a range of companies that include right-wing social networks Gab and Parler, troll forums 4Chan and 8Kun, and mainstream tech giant Google, as well as Facebook, Twitter, and walkie-talkie app Zello.
“Wireless carriers are compelled to comply with valid subpoenas and do so every day,” CTIA, a trade association that represents the US wireless communications industry, told CNN in a statement.
Funny thing about ma bell and those free websites and apps you use: they don’t give a fuck about you, your privacy, or your precious claims of privilege. They comply with subpoenae and go “next!”.
I wonder if any of these clever laddies used the FBI’s honeypot secret messaging app, Anom? And what happens when the committee tries to subpoena traffic metadata from that and the FBI goes, um, can they do that?
McConnell caved because he knows that if the government defaults, Republicans would be blamed. Whoever in the moneyed set that controls McConnell had a word or two with him.