Congressman hires private eye to find GOP colleague and serve Jan. 6 lawsuit.
Attorneys for Rep. Eric Swalwell are having so much difficulty reaching Rep. Mo Brooks to serve him a lawsuit about his role in the Capitol rioting that they have hired a private investigator ― who has also not had much luck, according to court documents filed this week.against several Republicans who spoke at President Donald Trump’s rally on Jan. 6, including the former president.
There is no question Brooks knows about the lawsuit. Hours after it was filed, he tweeted about it, labelling the suit “meritless” and, later, “But federal rules stipulate that lawsuits must be served within a certain time frame. With time running out before the June 5 deadline to serve Brooks, Swalwell asked Wednesday for an extension.The judge did not, however, agree to Swalwell’s request that U.S. Marshals Service get involved, citing “separation of powers concerns.
Alternatively, defendants named in lawsuits can waive their right to be formally served, but Swalwell’s attorneys have received no indication that Brooks would like to sign such a waiver. “We are already in contact with counsel for the other defendants in the case, all of whom have agreed to waive service, and we now are attempting to reach an agreement on a reasonable schedule for the defendants’ responses to the complaint. It would help to streamline things to have Mr. Brooks’ participation in that process,” read the email from Andonian, dated April 21.
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