The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol is asking that the Supreme Court respond to former President Trump’s request that the justices block the National Archives from turning over his White House records to the panel by mid-January.
The congressional panel filed an expedition request Thursday evening, hours after the former president appealed to the Supreme Court, contending that any delay in the bench’s decision on whether to block the release of documents from the National Archives would “inflict a serious injury on the Select Committee and the public.”
“The Select Committee needs the requested documents now to help shape the direction of the investigation and allow the Select Committee to timely recommend remedial legislation,” the panel wrote, according to CNN.
The filing asked that the Supreme Court take up Trump’s request during its conference scheduled for Jan. 14, according to CNN. The filing also informed the bench that the panel and Biden administration would submit their responses to Trump’s request by Dec. 30.
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Jan. 6 committee asks Supreme Court to respond to Trump request by mid-January https://t.co/BIj6LSQlVD pic.twitter.com/HQsCVqqhLd
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Will be funny if SCOTUS decides it won’t hear the appeal. “His” justices aren’t as loyal to him as he may have thought.
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