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Supreme court rejects Trump’s request to block access to January 6 records

2022-02-23 09:59:45       source:The Guardian

February 22, 2022


The supreme court has formally rejected Donald Trump’s request to block the House select committee investigating the Capitol attack from accessing White House records related to the events of 6 January 2021.


The court announced on Tuesday in its latest list of orders that it would not take up Trump’s appeal to a lower-court ruling allowing the select committee access to the documents.


The news comes a month after the supreme court rejected Trump’s emergency motion to block the release of the documents as his case regarding executive privilege claims made its way through the courts.


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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/feb/22/us-supreme-court-upholds-access-to-trump-white-house-records-insurrection-january-6