Court rejects Trump's efforts to keep records from 1/6 panel

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FILE - President Donald Trump speaks during a rally protesting the electoral assemblage certification of Joe Biden arsenic President successful Washington connected Jan. 6, 2021. Whatever determination the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit reaches connected whether Congress should person erstwhile President Donald Trump’s telephone logs, drafts of speeches and different documents related to the Jan. 6 insurrection astatine the U.S. Capitol, the conflict implicit enforcement privilege volition apt extremity up with the Supreme Court. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

By: The Associated Press & Scripps National

Posted at 4:03 PM, Dec 09, 2021

and past updated 2021-12-09 17:07:43-05

WASHINGTON (AP) — A national appeals tribunal has ruled against an effort by erstwhile President Donald Trump to shield documents from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection astatine the Capitol.

The three-judge sheet said Thursday determination was a “unique legislative need” for documents that the committee has requested but whose merchandise Trump has sought to artifact done enforcement privilege.

The appeals tribunal ruled that the injunction that has prevented the National Archives from turning implicit the documents volition expire successful 2 weeks, oregon erstwhile the Supreme Court rules connected an expected entreaty from Trump, whichever is later.

Trump has tried to assertion enforcement privilege implicit the documents. However, enforcement privilege claims are typically reserved for the existent president.

President Joe Biden has declined to asseverate enforcement privilege implicit the documents owed to the quality of the investigation.