HARRISBURG, Father. –
The Republican nominee for governor on Thursday sued the congressional committee investigating the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, challenging the legal capacity of the Republican Party. it to force him to answer questions about it.
Doug Mastriano’s lawsuit alleges that the committee lacked an appointee as House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., and therefore failed to comply with House rules about conducting mandatory evictions. witness.
A properly appointed ranked minority member is necessary for the witness to have access to the protections set forth in the House rules on impeachment jurisdiction, the lawsuit said.
Last month, Mastriano cut short a closed-door interview without answering questions from committee members. Mastriano’s lawsuit says the committee refused to let Mastriano record the takedown, and Mastriano was concerned about how the committee could make available excerpts from a closed-door takedown with the public. him, the lawsuit said.
A spokesman for the committee declined to comment on the lawsuit, which was filed in federal court in Washington.
However, Mastriano’s attorney, Timothy Parlatore, has said his client is willing to voluntarily testify publicly before the panel and has told the FBI he was unaware of a planned uprising or any other incident. any coordination behind the attack on January 6, 2021, on the Capitol.
Mastriano, a state senator and retired U.S. Army colonel who won the Republican gubernatorial nomination in May, was in regular contact with Donald Trump as the then president sought to continue his campaign. continued in power despite his defeat in the 2020 election to Democrat Joe Biden.
Mastriano helped organize efforts in Pennsylvania to submit alternative presidential electors to see Trump and be seen outside the Capitol as pro-Trump protesters attacked police.
