Attorneys for former President Donald Trump will try to persuade a federal appeals court to block Congress from receiving call logs, draft speeches and other documents related to the Jan.6 insurrection in the United States Capitol led by his supporters.
The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit will hear arguments from lawyers for Trump and the House Committee seeking the records as part of its investigation into the riot.
Trump’s attorneys want the court to overturn a federal judge’s ruling allowing the National Archives and Records Administration to release records after President Joe Biden waived executive privilege.
Judge Tanya Chutkan rejected Trump’s claims that he could exercise executive privilege by overriding Biden, noting in part that “presidents are not kings and plaintiff is not president.” The appeals court issued an administrative stay after Chutkan’s decision to review the case.
Democratic presidents have nominated the three justices who will hear arguments Tuesday. Patricia Millett and Robert Wilkins were nominated by President Barack Obama, and Ketanji Brown Jackson is nominated by Biden.
Given the stakes in the case, either party is likely to appeal to the Supreme Court.
[Con información de AP]
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