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The House Committee investigating the events of the 6th January at the Capitol must receive from the National Archives documentation on actions and communications of the then president , since the court denied the request of Donald Trump to remain hidden.
presidents are not kings and the plaintiff is not the president ”, said Tanya Chutkan, judge of the District of Columbia by rejecting Donald Trump’s request to be allowed the use of ‘executive privilege’ to prevent the Congressional Committee investigating the assault on the Capitol obtain certain documents.
And the doors for the Committee to receive the documents r equeridos ruling that “this is a dispute between a former president and the current president (…) And the Supreme Court has already made it clear that, in such circumstances, greater weight is granted to the opinion of the current owner ”.
Trump performance and communication
Agendas, memos and handwritten notes would show how he acted and Trump communicated with his advisers on January 6, when the headquarters of Congress was attacked by a mob of his supporters, after a political event outside the White House.
If there is no blockage in the courts that the former president’s lawyers are managing, the National Archives must deliver what the legislators request.
The White House has the power to protect sensitive communications between a president and his aides, and decides whether or not to accept his request. predecessor.
However, in this case the Biden government considers it essential that congressmen have access to the documentation that allows them to establish what happened that day , which the government considers one of the biggest attacks on democracy .
These are the files of the White House chief of staff; Mark Meadows, the Archives of the President’s Senior Advisor, Stephen Miller; the White House newspaper, presidential diaries, schedules, visitor appointment information, activity and call logs; drafts of speeches, statements and correspondence; three handwritten notes from the archives of mr. Meadows; Oval Office operations files and White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany files.
Former President Trump has also request that pages from multiple folders with proposed talking points be reserved for the press secretary; presidential activity calendars and a handwritten note; the draft text of a presidential speech for the Save America march on January 6; another handwritten note from Mark Meadows with scheduled or potential informational meetings and phone calls; a draft executive order on electoral integrity and a chain of emails with a state official on points related to the elections. The list of documents is part of a memorandum from Donald Trump.
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