A Democratic strategist who helped organize the “White Men for Harris” appeal said Friday that he was fighting a subpoena from House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio.
“I stand in absolute opposition to the subpoena issued by Jim Jordan and the Republican-led House Judiciary Committee. This subpoena serves no legitimate legislative purpose and is void, unconstitutional, and unenforceable,” Authentic Campaigns CEO Mike Nellis said in a post to X late Friday.
The House Judiciary Committee previously subpoenaed Authentic Campaigns, a firm where the daughter of a New York judge who oversaw former President Trump’s money laundering trial worked. In a letter late last month, Jordan asked Nelis to testify with the firm and sign a sworn affidavit that Authentic Campaigns had never had contact with Judge Juan Merchant.
Nelis also posted a letter her legal team sent to Jordan, encouraging her followers to read it.
The letter states that “Authentic’s work is in no way connected to the legal proceedings involving former President Trump in New York,” and that the company “had no role, involvement, or influence in those proceedings.”
“The repeated suggestions of dissent and the assertion that Judge Merchan might not have been impartial in presiding over the trial of former President Trump because of Authentic’s ‘work on behalf of President Trump’s political enemies’ and the financial interests that Ms. Merchan and Authentic Campaigns have received from President Trump’s prosecution and conviction are baseless and dangerous,” the letter continues.
Congress has reached out to Jordan’s office and the House Judiciary Committee.
