Trump asks Supreme Court to shield records from Jan. 6 committee

Source: Politico | December 23, 2021 | Kyle Cheney

Trump moved for an emergency injunction to block a ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for Washington D.C. earlier this month.

Former President Donald Trump petitioned the Supreme Court Thursday to delay efforts by the Jan. 6 select committee to access his White House records, his last attempt at blocking investigators from accessing a massive trove of documents from the highest levels of his administration.

Trump moved for an emergency injunction to block a ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for Washington D.C. earlier this month, which sharply rejected Trump’s bid to prevent the committee from obtaining his files. He also filed a petition for full consideration by the court.

The appeals court panel rejected the effort by a former president to shield his records, particularly when the incumbent determined there was an urgent national security reason to permit Congress to investigate the role Trump or other senior officials played in the events that preceded the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.

Trump’s filing effectively pauses the committee’s efforts until the Supreme Court decides how to handle the case. The appeals court panel, in making its ruling, said it would delay the effect of its decision until the Supreme Court resolved whether to grant Trump’s injunction request.

Whether the Supreme Court steps in to slow down the case could be decisive for the Jan. 6 committee’s efforts to peer inside the most closely held secrets of the Trump White House. The panel has asked for reams of information about Trump’s efforts to subvert the 2020 election, his involvement in planning Jan. 6 rallies that later fed the violent mob that attacked the Capitol and his awareness of the prospect for violence.

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