Donald Trump wants to legally block the release of documents to the congressional committee investigating the January 6th Capitol attack.
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The former president insists on his prerogative to withhold certain information from Congress or the courts. He accuses the Biden government, which wants to publish the papers on the events on January 6th, of harassment.
D.Former US President Donald Trump wants to legally block the release of documents to the congressional committee investigating the January 6th Capitol attack. Trump attorney Jesse Binnall filed a lawsuit in a federal court in the US capital Washington on Monday, the US media published. Trump insists on the so-called executive privilege. This is the president’s prerogative to withhold certain information from Congress or the courts. The White House, on the other hand, announced that Trump’s successor Joe Biden would not stop the transfer of documents from the National Archives to the Congress Committee.
Trump’s lawsuit stated that the congressional committee’s requirements for documents are “unprecedented in breadth and scope and have no legitimate legislative purpose.” The request to the National Archives is illegal and serves to “harass” Trump and high-ranking members of his administration.
Trump speaks of “political ruse”
For example, the committee asked for all documents related to statements by Trump or other people on January 6th. Biden’s willingness to have the documents released was “a political ruse to accommodate his party allies.”
Supporters of Trump stormed the seat of the US Congress in Washington on January 6th. Five people were killed, including a police officer. Trump had to face impeachment proceedings because of the attack because he had previously incited his supporters in a speech. However, at the end of the trial, the Republican was acquitted. The committee in the US House of Representatives, which is dominated by Biden’s Democrats, is to investigate the background to the attack on the Capitol.
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