The Democrat-led House Select Committee investigating the January 6 Capitol breach has requested that a number of telecommunications companies preserve the phone records of a group of GOP lawmakers and former President Donald Trump.
Last month, select committee chairman Rep. Bennie Thompson announced that the panel would be sending letters to social media and telecommunications companies requesting that they preserve relevant conversations surrounding the events of Jan. 6.
McCarthy's office did not respond to a request for comment on which federal law the leader believes the companies would be breaking.
In addition to not publicly releasing the names of those whose records are being sought, Thompson is asking the companies not to alert subscribers affected by the records request - which effectively blocks those targeted from challenging the invasion of their privacy.
Requesting the information, whether secretly or not, could lead to a lengthy legal battle depending on what means the committee uses to compel the phone and internet companies to comply with their forthcoming records requests.
"So, Congress apparently will substitute its own investigation by a special committee entirely controlled by Democrats with virtually no Republican members." While McCarthy, in his statement, warns that a Republican majority "Will not forget" the actions of the companies being pressured by the Democrats to set aside personal records, Turley warns that the precedent Democrats are setting will no doubt come back to bite them when the House majority changes hands.
"The Democrats' move to investigate members of the opposing party is a dangerous precedent in an institution that has always protected the privacy and confidentiality of phone and office records," he wrote, adding that just a few short months ago, it was House Intelligence Committee Chair Adam Schiff who was vociferously denouncing the Trump Justice Department's secret subpoena of records belonging to himself and Rep. Eric Swalwell.
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