Appeals Court Temporarily Blocks Jan. 6 Committee From Obtaining RNC Records

Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), chairman of the House of Representatives panel investigating the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol breach, sitting beside panel Vice Chair Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), speaks in Washington on Oct. 19, 2021. Alex Wong/Getty Images

A panel of three judges for the District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday temporarily blocked the House panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol breach from receiving records involving the Republican National Committee’s (RNC) fundraising efforts leading up to the day of the incident.

A federal judge ruled earlier this month that a subpoena for documents and testimony that the House Jan. 6 select committee issued to an RNC mass marketing vendor, Salesforce, was legitimate.