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congressional committee is attempting to determine who may have
organized or coordinated the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6,
2021, the day Congress gathered to certify that Joe Biden
defeated the incumbent Trump in the November 2020 presidential
election.
Stone says in his lawsuit he played no role in the riot of Trump
supporters who stormed the Capitol building in an attempt to
overturn the election results and reinstate Trump, and that the
committee's actions constitute an invasion of privacy.
"The data sought is not pertinent to the investigation and
sweeps up privileged communications," the suit alleges.
The suit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District
of Columbia and names lawmakers who have been leading the
investigation including Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, Adam
Schiff, Jamie Raskin and the two Republicans on the committee,
Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger.
It also names AT&T Mobility Inc., the telecommunications company
that the committee has asked to provide the data.
Stone, a longtime ally of Trump and a self-proclaimed "dirty
trickster" in political matters going back decades, was
convicted of lying to Congress during its previous investigation
into Russia's support of Trump's 2016 presidential campaign. But
Trump first commuted his sentence and later pardoned Stone,
clearing him of criminal liability.
Representatives of the committee could not be reached for
comment. The New York Times reported that a spokeswoman for the
committee declined to comment on the suit.
(Reporting by Daniel Trotta; Editing by Christian Schmollinger)
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