Judge rejects Trump spokesman's effort to retrieve hundreds of financial documents back from Jan. 6 committee

A US District Judge rejected an attempt by former President Donald Trump's spokesman to get hundreds of financial documents that his bank gave the House select committee investigating the events of January 6, 2021.

Budowich and Conservative Strategies, Inc. sued House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, JP Morgan, and other members of the committee over a subpoena for his financial records from JP Morgan. The suit was filed in the US District Court for the District of Columbia.

The motion was denied by the judge because it was unconstitutional to request that members of Congress return subpoenaed materials.

The court has no power to order Congress to return documents it has received, according to an Obama-appointee.

Budowich couldn't be reached for comment. He said in December that the Constitution only applies to the party in charge.

According to court documents, Budowich revealed in the December lawsuit that he provided the House select committee with at least 1,700 pages of documents and sat for four hours of sworn testimony.

His attorney argued that the move to subpoena the financial documents is a violation of the Financial Privacy Act and said that Budowich was unable to challenge the subpoena before JPMorgan disclosed private financial records.

Budowich answered questions about payments made and received regarding his involvement in the planning of a peaceful, lawful rally to celebrate President Trump's accomplishments during a four hour deposition with the committee.
The committee is looking into whether Budowich was connected with the $200,000 diverted to the "Stop the Steal" rally.

You solicited a 501(c)(4) organization to conduct a social media and radio advertising campaign to encourage people to attend the rally held on the Ellipse in Washington, DC, in support of then- President Trump, according to information provided to the Select Committee.

The committee has issued subpoenas to Trump family members and associates over the last few months.

After the Supreme Court rejected a request for records to be kept secret, the committee received a lot of requested documents from Trump.