Former Pres. Trump sues to block release of Jan. 6 documents to select committee.
Eric Lee/Bloomberg via Getty Images, FILEMonday against the Jan. 6 select committee and the National Archives as he seeks to block the release of presidential records related to his communications around the insurrection.
Binnall also accuses President Joe Biden of engaging in"a political ploy to accommodate his partisan allies" by refusing to block the release of Trump's records to the Jan. 6 committee."The Committee's request amounts to nothing less than a vexatious, illegal fishing expedition openly endorsed by Biden and designed to unconstitutionally investigate President Trump and his administration.
"At a bare minimum, the Court should enjoin the Archivist from producing any potentially privileged records until President Trump is able to conduct a full privilege review of all of the requested materials." Earlier this month, Biden ordered the National Archives to release records identified by the select committee that Trump had sought to classify as privileged communications. In a letter to Archivist David Ferriero, White House counsel Dana Remus said the materials should be handed over within 30 days of notification to Trump,"absent any intervening court order.
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