January 6 committee subpoenaed Arizona GOP chair Kelli Ward, who told election officials in the state 'we need you to stop counting the votes'
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Via: tessylo • 2 years ago • 21 commentsBy: Kelsey Vlamis, Business Insider
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January 6 committee subpoenaed Arizona GOP chair Kelli Ward, who told election officials in the state 'we need you to stop counting the votes'
Kelsey Vlamis, Wed, February 2, 2022, 10:24 PM 
In this Nov. 18, 2020, file photo, Dr. Kelli Ward, chair of the Arizona Republican Party, holds a press conference in Phoenix. Ross D. Franklin, File/Associated Press
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The January 6 committee has requested phone records of Arizona GOP chair Kelli Ward and her husband.
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The Wards filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the committee and T-Mobile to block the subpoena.
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The Wards were among the pro-Trump electors to sign illegitimate certificates related to the election results.
The select House committee investigating the Capitol riot subpoenaed the phone records of Kelli Ward, the chair of the Republican party in Arizona, and her husband, Michael Ward, according to a lawsuit filed by the couple on Tuesday, Politico reported.
The Wards are suing the committee, Chairman Bennie Thompson, and T-Mobile to block the company from providing their phone records. The lawsuit said T-Mobile received the subpoena from the committee on January 24, and that they are seeking phone records from November 1, 2020, to January 31, 2021.
The lawsuit argues that providing the records would infringe upon their right to privacy and doctor-patient privilege, as the Wards are both doctors and use their phones to talk to patients, as well as violate their First and Fourth Amendment rights.
An attorney for the Wards did not immediately respond to Insider's requests for comment. T-Mobile and Rep. Thompson's office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Both of the Wards were among those who signed documents that falsely claimed they were the presidential electors for their state in the 2020 election, declaring former President Donald Trump the winner of Arizona's electoral votes, despite the state being won by President Joe Biden, Politico reported.
Pro-Trump electors from seven states signed illegitimate certificates in a failed attempt to falsely claim that Trump won the popular vote in their respective states. The scheme was coordinated by Trump campaign officials and Rudy Giuliani , CNN and The Washington Post reported last month.
In July, public records obtained by The Arizona Republic and the Associated Press showed Kelli Ward had pressured officials in Maricopa County, which includes Phoenix, to stop counting ballots. In texts to members of the county's Board of Supervisors, Kelli Ward wrote: "We need you to stop the counting" and "I know you don't want to be remembered as the guy who led the charge to certify a fraudulent election."
When the texts were initially reported, Ward called the media reports "BS" in a tweet .
Shortly after the messages were revealed, Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs urged the state's attorney general to launch a criminal investigation into whether state election laws were violated by Trump or his allies, including Kelli Ward.
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Of course those whining and lying about 'Stop the Steal' are the ones who did the stealing.
always accusing their political enemies of criminal acts they themselves have previously committed.
All they have is deflection, projection, and denial PLUS OUTRIGHT LIES.
it's a cult of morons.
Wow. Games people play. Conservatives think it is "patriotic" to trash good order and discipline for societal chaos. Chaos is their plan to smash their way to the top. Hold. The. Line.
Both of the Wards were among those who signed documents that falsely claimed they were the presidential electors for their state in the 2020 election, declaring former President Donald Trump the winner of Arizona's electoral votes, despite the state being won by President Joe Biden, Politico reported.
The signed documents are evidence of several crimes.
These assholes need to be prosecuted.
Every single one who submitted these false documents need to be prosecuted - EVERY SINGLE ONE.
These people are setting themselves at odds with every principle this nation operates on to better itself. Technically, these people are tauntingly saying,"make me." We will use government law to take down rule of law. It is a smart strategy and generates its own smart set of tactics which are dumb at the same time. What is clear is everybody needs to have their thinking caps on!
Need to stop counting? These people are insane.
I hope the judge releases the phone records. Their doctor client privilege Imo is a no go as only a select few would be going through any relevant information.
It is not looking specifically at people's medical records with the intent to harm the individuals.
They are using their profession as a smoke screen. Metadata on the calls is not actual case files or transcripts. These people are opportunists (seeking to exploit the system), bull pattiers seeking to delay proceedings review, or have found a real 'sticky area' of HIPPA law they can assert and exploit. Bogus either way, since they wish to play rough until getting called out!