WASHINGTON --
The Republican Nationwide Committee (RNC) on Wednesday sued the congressional panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol looking for to dam its subpoena of an RNC vendor.
In a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Courtroom within the District of Columbia, the RNC mentioned the Home Choose Committee's subpoena of Salesforce, which organizes donor info for the RNC, was "overbroad" and "seeks delicate and proprietary knowledge."
"The RNC has sued to cease the January sixth Committee from unlawfully seizing confidential details about the inner actions of the Republican Celebration and hundreds of thousands of its supporters which is totally unrelated to the assault on the Capitol," the RNC mentioned in an announcement.
The Jan. 6 committee has been investigating the occasions surrounding the assault on the Capitol by mobs of former U.S. President Donald Trump's supporters for greater than seven months.
In an announcement, the committee mentioned the RNC and the Trump marketing campaign had solicited donations after the 2020 election "by pushing false claims that the election was tainted by widespread fraud."
The committee mentioned the claims a few stolen election motivated rioters who stormed the Capitol.
The subpoena "has completely nothing to do with getting the personal info of voters or donors," the committee mentioned.
Salesforce didn't instantly reply to request for remark exterior workplace hours.
(Reporting by Eric Beech; Modifying by Lincoln Feast.)
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