Kelli Ward, the chair of the Arizona Republican Party, must release the record of her calls and texts to the Jan. 6 committee.
Howard Fischer PHOENIX — Members of a congressional panel are going to find out who was communicating with Kelli Ward around the time of the 2020 election and the insurrection attempt that followed.
That"right of association" was at the heart of the argument that Kolodin could not get Humetewa, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals — and now the Supreme Court to accept. That is similar to records the panel already has from other political actors and the White House as it seeks to draw a picture of who was talking to — and possibly conspiring with — whom. And Letter made it clear in his legal filings that Ward was part of some larger effort to overturn the election and prevent Joe Biden from being sworn in.
Instead, he said courts justices should recognize that forcing disclosure of that information would interfere with the constitutional rights of not just Ward to associate with others but also the rights of those who were in contact with her. And all that, Kolodin said, would"chill" the interest of members of the Arizona Republican Party in communicating with his client.
But Humetewa, in refusing to dissolve the subpoena, called those contentions"highly speculative," saying that Ward presented no evidence to support their claims. At best, the judge said, those claims"constitute a subjective fear of future reprisal," something that federal appellate judges have said is insufficient to show any infringement on associational rights.Letter pointed out to the high court that the committee — and its ability to study the issues behind the Jan.
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