Former President Trump has filed a lawsuit against the January 6 committee and the National Archives to keep records from his presidency secret
The lawsuit from Trump is an attempt to block the work of the House committee as it attempts to investigate his actions before and during the siege of the Capitol. The court action also marks his latest effort in a long and thorny several years of fighting requests from the Democratic-controlled US House.The Biden administration has declined to assert executive privilege over a first tranche of Trump-era records, and Trump is currently opposed to the release of about 40 documents.
Trump testifies for over 4 hours in deposition about 2015 alleged assault at Trump TowerThe lawsuit alleges that the House's request for the documents"are unprecedented in their breadth and scope and are untethered from any legitimate legislative purpose." Trump's team also calls President Joe Biden's refusal to protect the documents"a political ploy to accommodate his partisan allies.
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