January 19, 2022, 07:16pm.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected Donald Trump's request to block the National Archives from handing over about 800 pages of Trump Administration records to a House committee investigating the Capitol riot.
Donald Trump was in Washington, D.C. on January 6, 2021, for the "Stop The Steal" rally.
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The January 6 committee requested materials from the Trump administration, which included visitor and call logs, emails, draft speeches and handwritten notes.
The D.C. District Court and the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals both rejected Trump's request last year.
Even if he was still president, the appeals court would have rejected his request to stop the release of confidential records.
In his application to block disclosure of the documents, Trump invoked executive privilege, a doctrine that allows the president to keep certain information from the public. Lawyers for Trump argued that the House committee had no legislative reason to look through the papers of a former president. A federal appeals court ruled last month that the decision by President Joe Biden not to release the documents was in line with the needs of Congress.
The quote is crucial.
The conduct under investigation extends far beyond typical deliberations concerning the proper discharge of the President's constitutional responsibilities, according to the White House counsel. Executive privilege should not be used to shield information from Congress or the public that shows an effort to subvert the Constitution.
The Supreme Court won't block the release of the Jan. 6 files.
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