Chinanews.com, November 12th, according to the US Chinese website, the National Archives of the United States is scheduled to release a batch of documents to the special committee investigating the congressional riots on January 6 on the 12th, including Trump's actions on January 6. And communication records.
Former President Trump tried to detain these documents on the grounds of "presidential privileges," but he lost one after another in court challenges.
Before the arrival of the 12th, he took another legal action to try to prevent the record from being submitted to Congress, and a federal appeals court approved the request.
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According to the report, in the documents submitted to the Court of Appeals on the 11th local time, Trump’s lawyers asked the court to temporarily postpone the submission of these documents and allow them to “maintain the status quo” while seeking an appeal.
Later on the 11th, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit approved the request.
Trump claimed administrative privileges on documents related to January 6, and said these records should be kept "always" confidential.
However, US President Biden believes that it is inappropriate to advocate the exercise of administrative privileges on issues related to the Congressional riots on January 6. This paved the way for the National Archives to submit records.
In a letter to the National Archives, White House Counsel Remus wrote that the attack on the Capitol on January 6 was "the most serious attack on the operation of the federal government since the Civil War."
Trump's attempt to keep Congress in the dark is "not in the best interests of the United States."
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Remus wrote: "Therefore, President Biden does not support the former president's claims of privilege."
Earlier this week, U.S. District Court Judge Chatkham rejected a similar request from Trump’s team to "maintain the status quo." She pointed out that the "status of this case" is that the National Archives will "no action by the court" on November 12. Disclosure of these documents under the circumstances of “interference”.
This is the third time Chattercan has rejected the request of the Trump team in recent times.
She wrote in a 39-page ruling: “In essence, this is a dispute between the previous president and the current president. The Supreme Court has made it clear that in this case, the current president’s views will be improved. Great attention."
She wrote: "The plaintiff does not recognize respect for the judgment of the current president. His position is that he can override the explicit will of the executive branch, which seems to be premised on the concept of his executive power'always existing'. But the president is not the king, and the plaintiff is not the president."
Following the investigation by the Congressional Special Committee, several former Trump administration officials were asked to provide testimony. Trump also invoked administrative privileges, believing that certain witnesses should not answer questions.
One of them is Bannon, Trump’s former adviser, and the House of Representatives has decided to submit Bannon’s criminal contempt of Congress to the Department of Justice for prosecution.
At the same time, Trump’s former chief of staff Meadows’ attorney Twilig said on the 11th that his client will also challenge the committee’s requirements.
Twilig said: "Under the instructions of former President Trump, Meadows still respects the long-standing principle of executive privilege. It now appears that this dispute must be resolved by the courts."