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Supreme Court allows Jan. 6 committee subpoena for phone records of Arizona GOP chief Kelli Ward



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Arizona Chairwoman Kelli Ward speaks during the Rally To Protect Our Elections conference on July 24, 2021 in Phoenix, Arizona.Brandon Bell | Getty ImagesThe Supreme Court on Monday rejected a request by Arizona Republican Party Chairwoman Kelli Ward to block her phone records from being subpoenaed by the select House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.The denial sets the stage for the Democratic-controlled House committee to obtain those records from her T-Mobile account.The order rejecting Ward’s and her husband Michaels’ request for an emergency injunction notes that Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito would have granted it.Justice Elena Kagan last month had temporarily blocked the subpoena to allow for her and the other justices to consider the request from the Wards, who argued that the subpoena harmed their First Amendment rights to political association.Ward had her records subpoenaed by …

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