Trump's legal battle to keep Jan. 6 records hidden kicks off in appeals court
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There are more than 750 pages of records that former President Donald Trump wants to keep out of the hands of investigators on the January 6th Committee. On Tuesday, a panel of federal appeals judges will hear oral arguments in that legal fight, potentially sTrump's legal battle to keep Jan. 6 records hidden kicks off in appeals court
There are more than 750 pages of records that former President Donald Trump wants to keep out of the hands of investigators on the January 6th Committee. On Tuesday, a panel of federal appeals judges will hear oral arguments in that legal fight, potentially setting the stage for a showdown at the Supreme Court. There are call logs, speech drafts, diaries, email, calendars and schedules, memos, and other records that the Jan. 6 Committee has sought from Trump for months as a part of its probe into the violent attack on the U.S. Capitol earlier this year. Investigators believe that these records could illuminate exactly how Trump tried to subvert the election and disrupt a peaceful transfer of power. Trump will ask the court to overturn D.C. District Judge Tanya Chutkan’s ruling that permitted the National Archives and Records Administration to transmit heaps of Trump’s presidential records to the committee after President Joe Biden opted to waive executive privilege over the materials. Biden explained his reasoning last month, saying that Trump’s assertion to privilege was “not in the best interest of the United States.” Read more