The Republican National Committee (RNC) is adding Salesforce as a defendant to its lawsuit against the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot

The Hill reports:

On Tuesday evening, however, the RNC announced in a statement that it updated its lawsuit to add Salesforce as a defendant, and is requesting an immediate declaratory and injunctive relief. It said the preliminary injunction would bar the Jan. 6 panel from receiving data and information until the litigation is heard in court.

The RNC said it made the decision to add Salesforce as a defendant after the company planned to comply with the subpoena.

The group accused the committee of “abusing its power and pressuring Salesforce to ignore the RNC’s original lawsuit under the risk of being held in contempt of Congress,” and called the situation “a shakedown.”

RNC’s chief counsel slammed the House Select Committee for issuing an “unconstitutional” subpoena to Salesforce and urged the court to expedite consideration of the case.

“Even though the court has yet to weigh in, the Select Committee demands that Salesforce immediately turn over the private data of millions of Americans and the RNC’s political strategy which lie at the heart of our lawsuit. These heavy-handed tactics are wrong and a clear overreach,” Riemer wrote in a statement. “In order to protect the constitutional rights of the Republican Party and its millions of supporters, the RNC has added Salesforce to the lawsuit and asked the court to expedite consideration of the case.”

The RNC has asserted the House panel’s request for records “will be devastating to the RNC’s operations, and to its voters and supporters.”

“The data the committee is attempting to seize can be used to piece together the RNC’s confidential and highly sought after digital political strategies,” the RNC wrote in a statement.

The RNC has also expressed concern that the records could be used to harass donors.