Trump asks Supreme Court to shield his White House files from congressional probe
WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to shield his White House files from being turned over to the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. At issue is whether the former president may invoke executive privilege to protect the privacy of his records, even after President Joe Biden had approved their release. While the legal ...
by David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times
Dec 23, 2021
3 minutes
WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to shield his White House files from being turned over to the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
At issue is whether the former president may invoke executive privilege to protect the privacy of his records, even after President Joe Biden had approved their release.
While the legal dispute involves the powers of the president — and in this instance, an ex-president — it arises amid a partisan battle over Trump’s role in inciting an attack on Congress as lawmakers
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