Washington Free Beacon
by Kevin Daley
Lawyers for former president Donald Trump are pressing the Supreme Court to quash subpoenas from the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol.
Trump’s lawyers say statements in the press from Reps. Adam Schiff (D., Calif.) and Adam Kinzinger (R., Ill.) prove the House Select Committee on the January 6th Attack is using the subpoenas to punish Trump politically, which the Supreme Court has forbidden. The committee is seeking documents and communications from the waning days of Trump’s administration…