A Democratic strategist who helped organize a “White Dudes for Harris” call said Friday he is fighting back against a subpoena from House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio).
“I am objecting to the subpoena issued by Jim Jordan and the Republican-led House Judiciary Committee in its entirety. This subpoena serves no legitimate legislative purpose — making it invalid, unconstitutional, and unenforceable,” Authentic Campaigns CEO Mike Nellis said Friday in a post on X.
The House Judiciary Committee previously subpoenaed Authentic Campaigns, a company the daughter of the New York judge overseeing former President Trump’s hush money trial has worked for. In a letter late last month, Jordan requested that Nellis sit for a deposition alongside the company, as well as sign a sworn affidavit that Authentic Campaigns never had contact with Judge Juan Merchan.
Nellis also posted the letter from his legal team to Jordan, encouraging his followers to read it.
The letter states “Authentic’s work is in no way connected to former President Trump’s legal proceedings in New York,” and that the company “has had no role, involvement, or influence whatsoever in those proceedings.”
“Your repeated insinuations to the contrary, and your argument that Judge Merchan may not have been impartial in presiding over former President Trump’s proceedings because of Authentic’s ‘work on behalf of President Trump’s political adversaries and the possible financial benefit that Ms. Merchan and Authentic Campaigns received from the prosecution and conviction of President Trump,’ is as baseless as it is dangerous,” the letter continues.
The Hill has reached out to Jordan’s office and the House Judiciary Committee for comment.