Amit Mehta

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Amit Mehta
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Judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court
Incumbent
Assumed office
June 1, 2021
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Judge Mehta in 2015

In May 2019, Mehta ruled that accounting firm Mazars had to provide its records of Donald Trump's accounts from before his presidency to the House Oversight Committee in response to their subpoena. [14] In a 41-page opinion, he asserted that Congress has the right to investigate potential illegal behavior by a president, including actions both before and after the president assumed office. [15] The ruling will be appealed by Trump's personal legal team. [15]

In July 2019, Mehta sided with the pharmaceutical firms Merck & Co., Eli Lilly and Company, and Amgen Inc. by blocking a Trump administration rule requiring drugmakers to put prices in television ads, a central part of the president's push to lower the cost of prescription medications. The goal of the rule was to increase transparency; Mehta ruled that requiring big pharmaceutical companies to disclose prices to consumers in television advertisements was something that could be done only by the Department of Health and Human Services if mandated by Congress. [16]

In 2020, Mehta became the presiding judge in the United States v. Google LLC antitrust case. [2] On June 1, 2021, Chief Justice John Roberts appointed Mehta to the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. [17]

Mehta has presided over several cases related to the January 6 United States Capitol attack. He has charge of the criminal prosecution of Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes for seditious conspiracy. [1] He is also presiding over three civil lawsuits against Trump and multiple associates, in which several members of Congress and two police officers are suing for damages for physical and emotional injuries they allegedly incurred during the attacks.

On February 18, 2022, Mehta issued a lengthy opinion that rejected Trump's claim of "absolute immunity" from lawsuits, finding that his actions were not part of his presidential duties, and that there was plausible evidence to suggest he engaged in a conspiracy with organized groups to use any means, including violence, to overturn the results of the 2020 election. The opinion allows the case to proceed, with the plaintiffs demanding documents, depositions, and other evidence from Trump and members of the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys. Mehta dropped several other co-defendants from the suit, including Rudy Giuliani, Donald Trump Jr., and Representative Mo Brooks. [18]

On January 25, 2024, Mehta sentenced former Trump adviser, Peter Navarro, to four months in jail for contempt of Congress after defying a subpoena related to the congressional investigation into the January 6, 2021, US Capitol attack. [19]

Google antitrust case

On August 5, 2024, Mehta ruled that Google is a monopoly and has violated antitrust laws. [20]

Personal life

Mehta is as an avid fan of hip hop music. [4] In a 2015 copyright case regarding the similarity of two songs, Mehta noted in a footnote that he was "not a 'lay person' when it comes to hip-hop music and lyrics," and noted he has "listened to hip hop for decades". American rappers Jay-Z, Eminem, Kanye West and Canadian rapper Drake are among his favorite artists. [2]

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  1. 1 2 Hsu, Spencer S. (February 18, 2022). "Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes ordered to be jailed until trial on seditious conspiracy". The Washington Post . Retrieved 19 February 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Arbel, Tali (2021-04-21). "Meet Amit Mehta, the judge for Google's antitrust case". AP NEWS. Retrieved 2023-06-02.
  3. ↑ Cheney, Kyle; Gerstein, Josh (2022-02-18). "Judge rejects Trump effort to toss lawsuits accusing him of Jan. 6 conspiracy". POLITICO. Retrieved 2023-08-14.
  4. 1 2 Rajghatta, Chidanand (May 21, 2019). "Hip-hop loving Indian-American judge rules against Trump in fight for his financial records". Times of India . Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  5. 1 2 Maqsood, Zofeen (2019-05-25). "Newsmaker: Amit Mehta, the Indian American judge who ruled against President Trump - The American Bazaar" . Retrieved 2023-06-02.
  6. ↑ Kulkarni, Bhargavi (2022-11-30). "'One of the Most Intelligent Judges': Defense Attorneys Praise Judge Amit Mehta For Conducting a Fair Seditious Conspiracy Trial". American Kahani. Retrieved 2023-06-02.
  7. ↑ "President Obama Nominates Two to Serve on the United States District Courts". whitehouse.gov . 31 July 2014. Retrieved 20 April 2016– via National Archives.
  8. ↑ Official Biography at Zuckerman Spaeder Archived August 8, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  9. 1 2 Amit Mehta at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges , a publication of the Federal Judicial Center .
  10. ↑ Don. "THE WHITE HOUSE NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE: Allison Dale Burroughs, Amit Priyavadan Mehta". Don411.com Media :: Performing Arts News Unabridged. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  11. ↑ "Meeting – Hearings & Meetings – United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary". 17 September 2014. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  12. ↑ "Results of Executive Business Meeting – November 20, 2014 United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary" (PDF).
  13. ↑ "PN1942 — Amit Priyavadan Mehta — The Judiciary". Congress.gov. 16 December 2014. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  14. ↑ Polantz, Katelyn (May 20, 2019). "Judge orders Trump accounting firm to hand over records to Congress". CNN .
  15. 1 2 Desiderio, Andrew; Cheney, Kyle (May 20, 2019). "Judge upholds Dem subpoena for Trump financial records". Politico . Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  16. ↑ Mehta, Amit (July 8, 2019). "MERCK & CO., INC., et al., vs US Dept. HHS" (PDF). freepdfhosting.com. Retrieved 2019-07-09.
  17. ↑ "FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE COURT FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE COURT OF REVIEW Current and Past Members June 2021" (PDF). Retrieved August 31, 2021.
  18. ↑ Hsu, Spencer S. (February 18, 2022). "U.S. judge rejects Trump claim of 'absolute immunity' from Jan. 6 lawsuits". The Washington Post . Retrieved 19 February 2022.
  19. ↑ Cole, Devan; Lybrand, Holmes (25 January 2024). "Former Trump adviser Peter Navarro sentenced to 4 months in jail for defying congressional subpoena". CNN . Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  20. ↑ Feiner, Lauren. "Judge rules that Google 'is a monopolist' in US antitrust case". The Verge.
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