Rep #JamieRaskin (D-MD) called the provision “one of the most blatantly #corrupt provisions for political self-dealing & the plunder of public resources ever proposed in #Congress.”

The provision, which is retroactive to 2022, only applies to members of the #Senate & would allow them to sue for $500,000 if data was sought without their being notified, as well as once it was obtained.

“That’s a cool one million per Senator,” Raskin said in a stmnt.

#law #Trump #Jan6
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5601358-senate-phone-record-legal-challenge-raskin/

“If we believe that citizens should receive notice when the #government subpoenas their phone bill, great! Perhaps this revolutionary new policy—which #CivilLiberties groups would probably support—should be the law. But then the law should protect the civil liberties of all 320 million Americans, as the #EqualProtectionClause of the #Constitution demands, not just the 100 Americans in the #Senate,” #JamieRaskin added.

#law #Trump #Republicans #Jan6 #SeditiousConspiracy #shutdown

“The Senators may not like being treated like the rest of America, but these phone-record subpoenas & non-disclosure orders are routine in grand jury investigations at the state & federal level. No one has an absolute right to be notified that their call records have been subpoenaed, much less the right to a million bucks if it happens. This provision would not give any Americans other than US Senators these rights,” #JamieRaskin said.

#law #Trump #Jan6 #SeditiousConspiracy #shutdown

“There was no ‘phone tap’ or eavesdropping on the content of their conversations. The call records subpoenaed were the kind of information you see on a phone bill—a list of calls made & received,” #JamieRaskin said, adding that the 8 senators were “pathetically casting themselves as victims.”

Jack Smith sought the phone records of 8 senators as well as 1 member of the House during his investigation into #Jan6, including those known to have spoken to #Trump during the #insurrection.

#law

Rep #JamieRaskin (D-MD) called the provision “one of the most blatantly #corrupt provisions for political self-dealing & the plunder of public resources ever proposed in #Congress.”

The provision, which is retroactive to 2022, only applies to members of the #Senate & would allow them to sue for $500,000 if data was sought without their being notified, as well as once it was obtained.

“That’s a cool one million per Senator,” Raskin said in a stmnt.

#law #Trump #Jan6
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5601358-senate-phone-record-legal-challenge-raskin/

Congressman Jamie Raskin hands Nigel Farage his arse on a plate

Anyone in the UK care to plagiarize?

#politics #ukpolitics #farage #reform #bbc #jamieraskin

Congressman Jamie Raskin hands Nigel Farage his arse on a plate

Anyone in the UK care to plagiarize?

#politics #ukpolitics #farage #reform #bbc #jamieraskin

“So it’s rich indeed for Americans to read now that Trump has launched a big initiative to ‘crack down on foreign influence’ in American politics with one purpose — crippling the fundraising platform of his political opponents."

Democratic Rep. #JamieRaskin, Maryland, 2025

https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp/shows/maddow/blog/rcna202970

This is straight out of the Xi Jinping playbook.

@indivisibleteam @llewelly