The former US president has asked to block the release of documents to the January 6 riots investigation committee.
A state judge has rejected former President Donald Trump’s request to ban the issuance of documents to the January 6 riot committee at the Capitol.
Rejecting the original decision, U.S. Regional Judge Tanya Chutkan said Tuesday that Congress is keenly interested in the public to find documents that will help highlight the violence perpetrated by those who supported the former President.
He asserted that his confession had been obtained through torture and that his confession had been obtained through torture.
With the exception of a court order, the National Archives is set to present Trump’s petitions to the committee by Friday. But Trump’s lawyers hastily promised to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court in the District of Columbia Circuit. The case is going to have to go to the US Supreme Court.
“Below, this is a dispute between the former President and the incumbent,” Chutkan wrote. “The Supreme Court has already ruled that in such a case, the views of the presiding officers are fully respected.”
Trump does not “agree to respect” Biden’s decision as the current President, Chutkan said. He also looked at examples of past presidents who refused to hold office and denied what he said and what Trump said was an opportunity for leadership “that lasts forever”.
“Leaders are not kings, and the Opposition is not the President,” he said.
According to an old court order released from the museum, the notes include call logs, transcripts of speech and speech and handwriting from Trump’s then-chief of staff, Mark Meadows. There are also oral notes from then-journalist Kayleigh McEnany and “Executive Order on the issue of electoral fidelity”, the National Archives said.
‘Attack on our democracy’
Mississippi Democrat spokesman Bennie Thompson, who chairs the House, said in a statement that the document was “essential to understanding the conspiracy and” in my opinion, there would be no greater interest in coercing the people than finding answers to our democracy “.
On CNN, Thompson said Trump should stop acting like “corrupt”.
A nine-member House Committee is investigating not just what Trump did on January 6 – when he told a rally to “beat like hell” shortly before terrorists break the law – but his efforts months before the election protests or blocking the election. elections. seizing power peacefully.
The committee also interviewed more than 150 witnesses and issued more than 30 subpoenaes, including those announced Tuesday to McEnany and former senior adviser Stephen Miller. It is unknown at this time what he will do after leaving the post.
Trump has repeatedly attacked the committee’s activities and continued to promote baseless allegations about electoral fraud, although Biden’s victory was upheld by all 50 countries and his claims were rejected by courts across the country.
Accusing the National Archives of translating documents, Trump said the House panel’s request was a “difficult, illegal fishing trip” that “could not be guaranteed by any legitimate cause”. Allowing the House to access its documents could also jeopardize the future president’s presidency, Trump’s lawyers argued.
But Chutkan said “the public interest lies in allowing – non-law – the combined will of law enforcement agencies and officials to study what happened and what happened on January 6, and to consider legislation to prevent this from happening again.”
Trump spokeswoman Taylor Budowich wrote on Twitter late Tuesday that the case “should be decided by the appellate courts”.
He added that “Trump is still committed to defending the Constitution & Office of the Presidency, and he sees this happening”.
