Lawsuit warns Pelosi's partisan Jan. 6 commission failed to follow rules

Speaker did not appoint required number of members

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's partisan committee appointed to investigate the Jan. 6 melee at the U.S. Capitol, which involved police shooting one woman and some vandalism inside the building, may be in trouble.

It already has heard from hundreds of witnesses – as authorities prosecute many on trespassing and other related charges.

And it also has brought a contempt of Congress case against Steve Bannon, a former adviser to President Trump, and it appears to be launching a similar move against former Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows.

But Meadows has responded with a lawsuit that points out the commission failed to follow the rules the House adopted when creating it, so it may be unqualified to issue subpoenas or bring cases.

The revelations are outlined by Margot Cleveland at The Federalist.

She explains Meadows' 40-plus page lawsuit "presents a litany of reasons the subpoenas are invalid, but his first argument – that the subpoenas are invalid because they were not 'issued by a duly authorized committee' – both presents Meadows with a strong argument to quash the subpoenas and provides Trump fodder in his separate lawsuit and claim of...

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