A federal appeals court ruled that former President Donald Trump cannot prevent the House Jan. 6 committee from getting hundreds of documents created when he was in the White House.
His lawyers will likely now file an emergency appeal with the Supreme Court in an effort to block the release. The court put a 14-day hold on its own ruling to give Trump’s lawyers time to pursue an appeal.
The court said Trump could not show any specific harm that he would suffer from the disclosure of the documents. Lawyers for the House have said the Jan. 6 committee needs the records to complete a thorough investigation into "how the actions of the former president, his advisers, and other government officials may have contributed to the attack on Congress to impede the peaceful transfer of presidential power."After the committee sought Trump administration records from the National Archives, the former president asserted executive privilege over more than 700 pages of documents.
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