Donald Trump had submitted this request to the high court to stop the investigation in Congress into the role of the former president in the occupation of Congress
The Supreme Court of the United States has rejected this Wednesday a request by former President Donald Trump to block access to White House documentation related to the assault on the Capitol on January 6, requested by the House of Representatives commission that investigates what happened those days.
The Supreme Court has stressed that “there is no precedent” for a former president who appeals to block the publication of records and that this issue has not been addressed because the lower courts “analyzed and rejected the claims about executive privilege under any of the evidence he presented », according to the American network CNBC.
Trump has tried to claim executive privilege over these documents, which should, as he himself maintains, be kept secret “in perpetuity” and demanding that in any case they let him review the records before leaving them in the hands of Congress.
Thus, in a brief unsigned statement, as reported by the US media, the court has highlighted that Trump’s attempt to block the publication of the records “would have failed, even if he were the holder (of the Presidency)”, since “his status as former president made no difference.”
Of the nine judges who decided on Trump’s appeal in the US Supreme Court, only Judge Clarence Thomas, appointed by George W. Bush, has spoken publicly, saying that he would have granted Trump’s request.
More than 700 pages
Now, with this Supreme Court decision, more than 700 pages of White House records will have to be turned over to the committee. The documents include activity logs, schedules, speech notes and three pages of handwritten notes by his former chief of staff, Mark Meadows, which could reveal what happened inside the West Wing as Trump supporters gathered. in Washington before storming the Capitol, according to the US network CNN.
The President of the United States, Joe Biden, authorized the National Archives to deliver these documents, refusing to apply the executive right to some of the materials requested by the committee, recognizing that “it was not justified” in light of the events of the January 6th.
Following Biden’s decision, Trump filed a lawsuit in federal court, which was dismissed, and later turned to the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, which ruled that while Trump has some authority, it is not enough to challenge the decision of the current president, so his last option was to appeal to the Supreme Court, according to NBC News.
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