A lawsuit filed by former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn against the House January 6 select committee has been dismissed.
U.S. District Judge Mary Scriven declared in the decision Flynn did not “meet procedural requirements to make the case for emergency intervention, and that he could refile his request in the future or allow his requests to play out on a longer schedule in court,” as CNN reports.
In his lawsuit, Flynn sought to block the enforcement of a subpoena for testimony and documents.
According to the judge, “Flynn has not, however, provided any information about the date by which the Select Committee currently expects him to produce documents.”
She continued, “Thus, on this record, there is no basis to conclude that Flynn will face ‘immediate and irreparable’ harm before Defendants have an opportunity to respond.”
An attorney for Flynn, David Warrington, said in a statement, “The Court acknowledged that should the Select Committee take actions that would cause an immediate harm to General Flynn, such as expediting the response dates for document requests from Flynn or for the phone company subpoenas, a renewed motion for TRO may be appropriate.”
He added, “General Flynn looks forward to obtaining relief from Congress’s unconstitutional and unlawful investigation in the normal course of his pending suit for injunctive relief that was not affected by today'(s) order.”
Flynn said in his lawsuit he would exercise his rights provided by the Fifth Amendment, not to be a witness against himself, as IJR reported.
The lawsuit states, without intervention, “General Flynn faces the harm of being irreparably and illegally coerced to produce information and testimony in violation of the law and his constitutional rights.”