The committee cited a Washington Post story and a current e-book by Robert Costa and Bob Woodward to corroborate its assertions regarding Kerik. But the article doesn’t say Kerik attended the assembly, and the e-book doesn’t point out Kerik in any respect, in accordance to his lawyer, Timothy C. Parlatore. Rather, Parlatore wrote to the committee, Kerik was in New York on Jan. 5 dealing with a household medical emergency.

“If you were not personally responsible for this fabrication and false statements, then someone on your staff was and should be held accountable,” the letter continues. “Someone either intentionally fabricated this claim, or someone failed at the simple task of carefully reading the sources before writing a letter claiming that the sources ‘have revealed credible evidence.’”

The letter additionally criticizes the committee for saying Kerik labored with Giuliani to “promote baseless litigation” associated to the election outcomes and claims that Kerik has proof that would assist “true claims of voter fraud” in litigation. It additional says {that a} committee staffer requested Kerik’s lawyer a number of occasions in a cellphone name if Kerik wouldn’t comply with the subpoena.

“When someone continuously invites non-compliance in this manner, it gives the distinct impression that the goal was never to have him comply, but rather to cause him to not comply and face indictment, like Mr. Bannon,” the letter continues.

Then the letter from Kerik’s lawyer makes a requirement.

“For these reasons, Mr. Kerik demands that both the letter and press release be withdrawn or corrected and an apology issued,” it says. “Whether intentional or negligent, allowing these false statements to stand on the website of this Committee is improper and should be corrected.”

But, the letter continues, Kerik “still intends to comply with the subpoena.” The letter says Kerik’s work is roofed by the privilege that shields attorneys’ work from changing into public, since he labored for Giuliani, who was representing then-President Trump. Kerik discovered proof of voter fraud, in accordance to his lawyer, but couldn’t end his work to decide if it will have modified the election’s end result.

“Although the law is clear that these documents are exempt from disclosure, we are working to see if some form of limited privilege waiver can be obtained because Mr. Kerik very much wants to cooperate and provide these documents to the Committee, so that the American people can witness first-hand what he and others on the president’s legal team saw for themselves,” the letter says.

Kerik has recognized Giuliani for many years, even working as his driver and bodyguard through the 1993 mayoral marketing campaign, according to CNN. Kerik ascended to head the town’s police division and was commissioner on the day of the Sept. 11 assaults.

After Kerik labored within the personal sector, former President George W. Bush nominated him to helm the brand new Department of Homeland Security. But the nomination imploded, and he later confronted a number of felony prices. He finally pleaded responsible to a number of counts and was sentenced to 48 months in jail. Trump pardoned him years after he accomplished his sentence.

Kerik later labored for Giuliani’s unsuccessful post-election effort to show in courtroom that voter fraud stole the race from Trump. He appeared on the historic Four Seasons Total Landscaping press convention.

Kerik’s cooperation might be vital, as he’s the one one that labored on Trump’s post-election authorized efforts who is thought to be open to sharing materials with investigators.

A spokesperson for the committee declined to remark. Parlatore didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.