(Bloomberg) — Trump White House senior advisor Stephen Miller sued the House Jan. 6 committee to block a subpoena of his parents’ T-Mobile family plan which provides him with a number.
The federal suit filed Wednesday in Washington is the latest effort by associates of former President Donald Trump seeking to prevent the House select committee from getting records and testimony that could shed light on the attack on the Capitol.
Unlike some other members of Trump inner circle though, Miller said the Jan. 6 attack was “disturbing” and that the House probe is legitimate. Even so, he argues the subpoena is overly broad and an “unreasonable search” because the committee and its chairman, Representative Bennie Thompson, a Mississippi Democrat, have no reason to believe he was involved in the Capitol siege.
“The chairman and the select committee are misusing their authority to investigate political adversaries, painting their opposition with a broad brush as insurrectionists and domestic terrorists,” Miller said. “The select committee cannot demonstrate a compelling justification that would justify this intrusion.”
The committee has said Miller participated in efforts to spread false information about alleged 2020 election fraud. Miller also reportedly helped prepare the speech Trump gave at the Jan. 6 rally that preceded the Capitol riot.
Miller’s filing seeks a court order blocking House subpoenas for T-Mobile records. Miller also argues the records are protected by attorney-client privilege because other members of the Miller family who also used numbers in the plan were lawyers at the time. He also argues the phone records contain “sensitive, personal communications that Mr. Miller had with medical professionals and family regarding his wife and new-born daughter” in November 2020, according to the filing.
Known for his hard-line views on immigration, Miller was one of the few senior aides who served for the entirety of Trump’s presidency. He currently leads a conservative legal group.
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