Clark explained that there are three options. Firstly, he said, the House could pass a resolution by majority vote that "repudiates the January 6 process" and establishes that it was "in violation of law in multiple respects." He elaborated that the committee did not have a ranking minority member and therefore a minority council would have needed to be given equal time in any deposition undertaken by the committee. He said that they tried to name Liz Cheney the Vice Chair to circumvent this, but "it didn't work." Because of this, all of the subpoenas they issued were "outside the committee's authority."
Clark said that Americans should then encourage their respective representative to sign a resolution that was introduced by Representative Eric Burlison (MO) that would declare the Jan 6 committee illegitimate. It currently has 24 other signatories, he reported. If the resolution is passed, Steve Bannon's lawyers could "put in briefing and in motions practice before the DC Circuit and the Supreme Court."
Secondly, Clark continued, the Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group headed by Speaker Mike Johnson could "file an amicus brief with the court system." Lastly, he said, Speaker Johnson could simply write a letter to the courts saying "This is my understanding as Speaker of the House, as informed by my general counsel, that we now believe that these subpoenas were illegitimate because the committee was operating in violation of the rules that even the Nancy Pelosi House had established in the 117th Congress."
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