“I think there really is no case and no question that this court has no jurisdiction to order Congress, because of the Speech and Debate clause, to return documents that it has received,” U.S. District Judge James Boasberg said. “And I further agree it does not have authority to tell Congress what it can and cannot do.”
January 20, 2022 at 12:11 PM
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A federal judge in Washington, D.C., rebuffed an attempt by former President Donald Trump’s spokesperson to shield financial records from a congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol.
U.S. District Judge James Boasberg said at the close of an hourlong Zoom hearing Thursday that he would deny a bid from Taylor Budowich to claw back financial records that JPMorgan Chase & Co. already transmitted to the committee, finding he lacked jurisdiction to consider the matter.
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Judge James E. Boasberg of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM
