Alex Woodward
Republican US Rep Mo Brooks appeared to post a photo of a Gmail password and PIN to his Twitter account while raging against US Rep Eric Swalwell, who has sued the Alabama congressman for provoking a riot at the Capitol on 6 January.
The GOP lawmaker said a process server “finally” served him in the lawsuit on Sunday, after Mr Swalwell’s legal team argued that Mr Brooks and his staff had avoided being served for weeks.
In a post on Twitter from an iPad directed at Mr Swalwell, Mr Brooks claimed that “HORRIBLE Swalwell’s team committed a CRIME by unlawfully sneaking INTO MY HOUSE & accosting my wife” to serve him in the suit. He attached a photo of a computer screen with Alabama’s criminal trespassing law, with a sticker below the screen that appears to include a PIN and Gmail password.
As of Monday morning, the post remained online.
Roughly two hours after his first post, he posted the same message again, this time adding a “.” before Mr. Swalwell’s Twitter handle, so that the post appears on the timelines of users who don’t follow both men.
Twitter users also pointed out the irony that he accused a process server of “unlawfully” entering his home to serve him in a lawsuit over the failed insurrection in Congress in which hundreds of people in a pro-Trump breached the halls of Congress.
An attorney for Mr. Swalwell said the allegation is “utterly false” and that the process server “lawfully handed the papers to Mo Brooks’ wife at their home … which is perfectly legitimate under the federal rules,” according to Forbes.
Mr. Brooks serves on the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology.
Twitter users also pointed out the irony that he accused a process server of “unlawfully” entering his home to serve him in a lawsuit over the failed insurrection in Congress in which hundreds of people in a pro-Trump breached the halls of Congress.
An attorney for Mr. Swalwell said the allegation is “utterly false” and that the process server “lawfully handed the papers to Mo Brooks’ wife at their home … which is perfectly legitimate under the federal rules,” according to Forbes.