Rep. Mo Brooks is avoiding an insurrection lawsuit. Rep. Eric Swalwell hired a private investigator

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Rep. Mo Brooks is avoiding an insurrection lawsuit. Rep. Eric Swalwell hired a private investigator to find him.
CNN Digital Expansion 2018 Katelyn Polantz
By Katelyn Polantz, CNN
Updated 9:06 PM ET, Wed June 2, 2021


(CNN)Republican Rep. Mo Brooks is avoiding a lawsuit from his Democratic colleague Rep. Eric Swalwell that seeks to hold him accountable for the January 6 Capitol insurrection -- so much so that Swalwell's attorneys hired a private investigator to find him.

The detail comes in a court filing Wednesday in which Swalwell's attorneys describe difficulty in serving Brooks with the lawsuit. CNN has reached out to Brooks' office for comment.

Federal Judge Amit Mehta, after learning of Swalwell's inability to serve Brooks with the lawsuit, gave the Democrat's legal team another 60 days to get to Brooks with their formal notification. The judge, however, won't allow the US Marshals to deliver the lawsuit to the Republican congressman "due to separation of powers concerns," Mehta wrote, after Swalwell asked for the US Marshals Service's help.

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"Counsel spoke to two different staff members on two separate occasions, and each time was promised a return call that never came," Swalwell's attorneys wrote on Wednesday.

Following the Swalwell team's calls, they emailed, too. "Neither Brooks nor any member of his staff has responded to his request," their filing said.

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https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/02/politics/mo-brooks-eric-swalwell-insurrection-lawsuit/index.html

[elleng]

1. chickensh*t

[babylonsister]

2. Yep. He's been dodging for months! nt

[Cracklin Charlie]

3. That's weird.

He’s a congressman!

Sound like consciousness of guilt.

[blm]

4. What's he hiding?

[Bev54]

5. I don't understand why he can't serve him either through his lawyer or

through his email?? Or sometimes it is delivered to the doorstep with a picture taken to show service. It is done in Canada, if he doesn't show up for court, his loss.

[Klaralven]

8. Swalwell is a lawyer with a JD. He should know how to serve process.

[Bev54]

9. This is not a criticism o Swalwell not having the knowledge to serve him

but is a criticism of an archaic system not adjusting to the new age of not requiring personal service, especially when someone is purposefully avoiding being served

[drray23]

6. well when congress is in session and he shows up to vote

he can be followed after that vote when he leaves the building and served then. I know you can't do that when they are on their way to vote or on the floor but I doubt Brooks sleeps in the well of congress.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

7. Yeah, he has to use an airport or attend a public event sooner or later.

[Wild blueberry]

10. 1) Mo knows he's guilty

2) Thank you Rep. Swalwell!

[MyMission]

11. Could Nancy serve him with the papers?

Or another MOC? I'm sure there are many who would be willing to assist.

What about a constituent who sets up a meeting with him as their representative?

I had an ex who was a process server. Once he was waiting in a ritzy neighborhood to serve papers and neighbors called the police, who arrested him for some unresolved issues on his license. The charge, which was later dismissed, was for aggravated unlicensed driving!
Mo has a team helping him to avoid anyone who might serve papers. I think there are different laws and regulations about who can serve, depending on state or charges.

Pete and his team need to get creative!

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

12. K&R