The court filing wants sealed documents to be published, including a May 2 court order.
“These filings (together, the ‘Sealed Records’) are all subject to the First Amendment and common law rights of access,” the news outlets announced in the filing. “The public docket provides no explanation as to why, despite the strong presumption of transparency in this circuit, these judicial records are not available to the public.
“The court should therefore permit the press coalition to intervene and grant its motion for access to the sealed records.”
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The news organizations joining the lawsuit include ABC News, CNN, CBS News, The Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, National Public Radio, The New York Times, The Washington Post, USA Today, and The Associated Press.
The former White House chief of staff under former President Donald Trump has provided the January 6 Select Committee with documents for their look into Republicans and Trump-connected officials, yet he proceeds to challenge the Committee’s authority and has so far not submitted to the subpoena for his testimony before the Committee.
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The press coalition claims that the House January 6 Select Committee seeks to make its investigation available to the public, so Meadows’ sealed documents should be published as well.
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“The House Select Committee is making an effort to establish a public reckoning of that event,” the filing states. “This court should likewise conduct its work on this historic matter in full public view.” Meadows announced that the panel made an effort to vilify him publicly.
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In the latest filing, lawyers for Meadows requested a judge to reject the Committee’s request for a court ruling in its favor that could force Meadows to comply with the subpoenas. The Committee asked for an expedited briefing schedule Wednesday after filing its motion the previous week.
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“Mr. Meadows cannot possibly know whether that unsupported contention is true without discovery — or whether the Select Committee had awareness of former President Trump’s assertions,” the motion declares. It goes on that Meadows has to have the ability to obtain any communications between the Committee and Trump and possibly to take depositions of people familiar with those discussions.
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“The Congressional Defendants, under the auspices of a legitimate subpoena, induced Mr. Meadows to produce thousands of his private communications only to use them in a concerted and ongoing effort to vilify him publicly through the media,” Meadows’ attorney, George Terwilliger, wrote in the motion.