
A federal appeals court on Thursday rejected President Donald Trump’s effort to block a House select committee from getting a tranche of White House records as part of its investigation of the Capitol invasion.
Trump had argued that the records are protected by executive privilege, the legal doctrine that protects White House communications from being made public. The select committee objected to Trump’s claims, and President Joe Biden waived privilege over the disputed records.
In its ruling Thursday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit said that Biden “and the Legislative Branch have shown a national interest in and pressing need for the prompt disclosure of these documents.”
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