US EditionGraham says he’ll sue DOJ for $500K over phone records
The provision allows eight senators to sue for $500,000 per unauthorized subpoena of phone records during the Jan. 6 investigation, aiming to enforce telecom notification.
- On Wednesday, Sen. Lindsey Graham backed a measure letting senators sue the federal government for $500,000 each time their phone records were accessed without notification.
- Tucked into the Senate plan to end the longest federal government shutdown, the provision would require telecommunications companies to notify lawmakers if records were seized during Special Counsel Jack Smith's January 6, 2021 probe.
- Just eight Republican senators would qualify for the remedy, which could also apply to any Democrats this Senate term, while Rep. Greg Steube was among 209 House members who voted against the bill that passed with 222 "yes" votes.
- Graham said he would sue, replying, `Oh, definitely,` and added, `I want to make it so painful, no one ever does this again,` rejecting settlement.
- House leaders and Democrats blasted the optics, warning senators could collect $1 million or more, and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called the proposal `unconscionable` while House Speaker Mike Johnson said it was `a really bad look.
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Lindsey Graham vows to cash in on GOP's 'million-dollar jackpot'
While critics fumed at the prospect of Republican US senators suing to collect $1 million or more each in taxpayer money as part of a bizarre provision slipped into the government funding bill, one senior GOP lawmaker said Wednesday that he’s all in on the proposal—and won’t stop at a mere million.Tucked away in the Senate plan to end the longest federal government shutdown in US history is legislation compelling telecommunications companies to …
Graham says he’ll sue DOJ for $500K over phone records
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Thursday he will sue the Department of Justice (DOJ) for $500,000 over investigators obtaining his phone records during special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into President Trump’s alleged efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. The Senate, in its proposal to reopen the government, included a provision allowing senators…
Lindsey Graham warns he will sue DOJ for $500K over phone records scandal under new Senate provision
House Republicans have threatened to repeal the provision through a stand-alone measure next week, and Florida GOP Rep. Greg Steube reportedly said he voted no on the Senate-to-House measure over the provision.
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