Headline Roundup • November 10th, 2021
Judge Rejects Trump Request to Block Jan. 6 Records
Summary from the AllSides News Team
A federal judge has blocked former President Donald Trump's legal effort to prevent the National Archives from providing records to the House's January 6 Committee.
The records relate to Trump's time in office, including visitor logs, telephone records, and other documents. Trump's suit claimed executive privilege, but U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan said that President Joe Biden had the authority to waive that right. She also stated that Congress has a clear public interest in records that might provide insight on the events of January 6. The National Archives plans to turn over the records by Friday barring a court order. Trump's lawyers are appealing the decision.
The news was covered across the spectrum. Some reports from right-rated sources framed the committee's document requests as overly broad. Some coverage from left-rated sources highlighted Trump's purported attacks on the committee.
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A federal judge rejected former President Donald Trump’s request to block the release of documents to the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
In denying a preliminary injunction, U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan said Tuesday that Congress had a strong public interest in obtaining records that could shed light on a violent insurrection mounted by the former president’s supporters. She added that President Joe Biden had the authority to waive executive privilege over the documents despite Trump’s assertions otherwise.
Barring a court order, the National Archives plans to...
A federal judge has denied former President Trump’s lawsuit that seeks to block the National Archives from handing over documents to the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, prompting the former president to quickly appeal the ruling.
Trump sued the committee last month in an effort to block the National Archives from giving the investigative panel records relating to his time in office, including telephone records, visitor logs and other documents, citing executive privilege.
On Tuesday evening, U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan rejected that request, contending that President Biden is...
AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File
A federal judge denied a bid by former President Donald Trump to block the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol protests from accessing his documents from his White House records.
In a lawsuit filed last month, Trump argued that the materials sought by the committee were subject to executive privilege. In an emergency motion filed late Monday, the former president asked U.S. District Judge Tanya S. Chutkan to grant a stay in the case pending an appeal, which Chutkan called "premature" Tuesday.
Former President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
The documents Trump was...
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