Judge rejects RNC effort to block Jan. 6 committee subpoena

A judge has rejected a lawsuit brought by the RNC against the committee probing the Jan. 6 attack that had sought to block the release of fundraising information.

A federal judge overnight rejected a lawsuit brought by the Republican National Committee against the committee probing the Jan. 6 attack that had sought to block the panel's effort to obtain fundraising information and other data related to attack on the Capitol.

The decision could impact multiple other lawsuits brought by various allies of former President Donald Trump who have sued to block the Jan. 6 committee from obtaining their records from telecommunications companies.

Judge Tim Kelly, a Trump appointee, rejected arguments by the RNC that the Jan. 6 committee does not have a valid legislative purpose, and further bolstered the panel's legitimacy by rejecting Republican arguments that the panel's makeup is flawed.

Referencing the Jan. 6 committee's request for records from Nov. 3, 2020, to January 6, 2021, Kelly in his decision wrote "that two-month window is plainly relevant to its investigation into the causes of the January 6 attack."