SecondIn the U.S. federal court there is a request from the former president Donald Trump Refusal to conceal documents that attacked the Capitol from Congress. A federal judge in the Washington Capital Territory justified her decision by saying that the constitutional right of parliamentary review takes precedence over the right to confidentiality. The decision was announced on Tuesday evening.
The court held that the public interest allowed “the common desire of the legislative and executive branches to investigate the incidents that occurred before and on January 6 and consider enacting laws to prevent such incidents from recurring,” wrote Judge Tanya Chutkan . The 39-page reasoning goes on to say that Trump “his position that he can override the clear will of the executive is based on the assumption that his executive power is’lifetime’.” “But the president is not the king, and the plaintiff is not the president.”
Appeal to administrative privilege
Trump invoked so-called executive privileges in the lawsuit against surrender. This allows the president to keep certain documents confidential.Specifically, he wanted to prevent the National Archives from handing over 770 pages of archive pages to the Parliamentary Investigation Committee of the House of Representatives, such as the records of his former Chief of Staff Mark Meadows and his former adviser. Stephen Miller And former legal counsel Patrick Philbin. Trump also wants to prevent the publication of the White House’s “Daily Diary”-a record of his activities, travels, briefings, and phone calls.
There are also memos from his former press secretary, Kayleigh McEnany, handwritten notes about the events of January 6th, and his speech at a rally before the Capitol attack. President Joe Biden approved the publication. Trump is expected to appeal. Its spokesman Taylor Budovic announced on Twitter that the former president will continue to “defend the Constitution and the presidency.” The issue of administrative privilege “is intended to be decided by the Court of Appeal.”
The investigation committee is convened on Tuesday McKenney, Miller and eight other former Trump employees as witnesses. Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson stated that the committee “wants to know all the details of what happened in the White House on January 6 and the previous few days.” “We need to know exactly what role the then president and his staff played in the effort to prevent the counting of votes, and whether they were in contact with anyone outside the White House who tried to overturn the results of the election.” The witnesses subpoenaed may have knowledge of this. “Related information” for the question.
