House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan sent a final warning letter Friday to the lawyer of Michael Nellis, the CEO of a political consulting firm that employs the daughter of New York State Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan, who is overseeing former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial.
The Daily Caller first obtained a copy of the letter, which comes after Jordan sent a subpoena to Nellis in late August, after he failed to comply with the committee and their inquiries regarding any potential cooperation between Nellis’s firm and those trying to prosecute Trump. The judge’s daughter, Loren Merchan, is the president of Authentic Campaigns, which represents Democrats such as Democratic California Rep. Adam Schiff, who was the head of Trump’s first impeachment trial. Jordan has also pointed out that the firm has received $9 million from Democrat campaigns. That includes $2 million from the Biden-Harris campaign in 2020.
“On August 28, 2024, the Committee on the Judiciary issued your client, Michael Nellis, a subpoena for two categories of documents relating to the Committee’s oversight of the Manhattan District Attorney’s political prosecution of President Trump. On the subpoena’s return date, September 13, 2024, you sent a letter on Mr. Nellis’s behalf outlining your objections to the subpoena,” Jordan wrote in the letter.
In that August letter, Jordan called for Nellis to sit down for a deposition and also sign a sworn affidavit saying that the firm has had no communication with Judge Merchan. Nellis has since called Jordan’s investigation “absurd and completely false.”
“However, this has not stopped MAGA world conspiracy theorists from harassing our employees and sending death threats to some of our families,” he wrote.
Meanwhile, in this new letter to Nellis, Jordan explains that the committee is entitled to subpoena for the relevant information and does not violate the first amendment.
“These objections mirror concerns that your client has raised, and the Committee has addressed, in previous correspondence. The objections to the subpoena are unfounded and unpersuasive, and do not excuse your client’s noncompliance with the subpoena. The Committee writes to overrule your objections and to provide Mr. Nellis a final opportunity to comply with the subpoena,” he continued.
“Separately, recent campaign filings by the Harris campaign appear to contradict statements Mr. Nellis previously made to the Committee, and he has failed to certify those statements. This information raises the prospect that he has made false statements to the Committee, which are subject to criminal penalties under Section 1001 of Title 18 of the United States Code,” Jordan added.
Jordan called for a response from Nellis and his lawyer by 9:00 a.m. on Oct. 11.
READ THE LETTER HERE:
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