Trump swiftly moved to appeal the decision, which came in a lawsuit aiming to prevent congressional investigators from receiving a trove of Trump-era executive branch records.
— offered in a lawsuit against the House committee and the National Archives and Records Administration last month — that a set of documents requested by lawmakers fall under “executive privilege,” a legal doctrine that allows the president to keep certain communications secret.
The judge sided with the House committee, which argued executive privilege is intended to protect the executive branch and the current president, not a former president. Chutkan said President Joe Biden — who declined to block a committee request for an initial round of Trump-era records last month — is better-positioned to weigh the executive branch’s best interests than Trump or a federal court, so Trump needs to defer to Biden.it plans to hand over an initial set of records to the House’s January 6 committee on November 12, unless a court intervenes, according to Chutkan’s ruling.
Shortly after Chutkan’s ruling, Trump’s attorneys filed a notice of appeal, meaning the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals will have a chance to weigh in on his request.Composed of seven Democrats and two Republicans, the January 6 committee has cast a wide net, asking for documents and testimony tied to both the Capitol riot and Trump’s months-long effort to overturn his election loss.
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