{"id":901012,"date":"2021-10-20T07:44:27","date_gmt":"2021-10-20T11:44:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=901012"},"modified":"2021-10-20T07:44:29","modified_gmt":"2021-10-20T11:44:29","slug":"trump-sues-january-6-committee-to-block-request-for-white-house-communications-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-sues-january-6-committee-to-block-request-for-white-house-communications-records\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Sues January 6 Committee To Block Request For White House Communications, Records"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-sues-january-6-committee-to-block-request-for-white-house-communications-records%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=901012&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former President Donald Trump filed suit on Monday to block a House select committee investigating January 6 from obtaining records from his administration.<\/p>\n<p>Trump sued the House select committee to investigate January 6, its chairman Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS), the National Archives, and national archivist David Ferriero. The former president claimed that the committee\u2019s request to the archives for his records \u2013 such as the internal communications of his staff \u2013 violates executive privilege.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Committee\u2019s request amounts to nothing less than a vexatious, illegal fishing expedition openly endorsed by Biden and designed to unconstitutionally investigate President Trump and his administration. Our laws do not permit such an impulsive, egregious action against a former President and his close advisors,\u201d the lawsuit says, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/donald-trump-sues-to-prevent-records-from-being-disclosed-to-jan-6-committee-11634593713\">The Wall Street Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The select committee has asked the archives to turn over detailed records on the actions of Trump, Vice President Mike Pence, and other members of the administration taken on January 6. The committee\u2019s request also covered White House records on visitor logs and officials\u2019 social media posts. Finally, the committee asked the archives to turn over all records relating to the former president\u2019s push to delay the certification of the 2020 election.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s legal team is asking the D.C. district court to make the archives first identify all records covered under the committee\u2019s request, then allow the Trump team to review them before they are given to Congress, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/10\/18\/trump-sues-jan-6-committee-national-archives-516209\">Politico<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Thompson and committee vice-chair Liz Cheney (R-WY) released a joint <a href=\"https:\/\/january6th.house.gov\/news\/press-releases\/thompson-cheney-statement-former-president-s-lawsuit\">statement<\/a> responding to Trump\u2019s lawsuit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe former President\u2019s clear objective is to stop the Select Committee from getting to the facts about January 6th and his lawsuit is nothing more than an attempt to delay and obstruct our probe,\u201d the statement said. \u201cPrecedent and law are on our side. Executive privilege is not absolute and President Biden has so far declined to invoke that privilege. Additionally, there\u2019s a long history of the White House accommodating congressional investigative requests when the public interest outweighs other concerns. It\u2019s hard to imagine a more compelling public interest than trying to get answers about an attack on our democracy and an attempt to overturn the results of an election.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Select Committee\u2019s authority to seek these records is clear. We\u2019ll fight the former President\u2019s attempt to obstruct our investigation while we continue to push ahead successfully with our probe on a number of other fronts,\u201d it continued.<\/p>\n<p>It remains unclear if Trump\u2019s claims<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Donald Trump filed suit on Monday to block a House select committee investigating January 6 from obtaining records from his administration.Trump sued the House select committee to investigate January 6, its chairman Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS), the National Archives, and national archivist David Ferriero. The former president claimed that the committee\u2019s request to the archives for his records \u2013 such as the internal communications of his staff \u2013 violates executive privilege.\u201cThe Committee\u2019s request amounts to nothing less than a vexatious, illegal fishing expedition openly endorsed by Biden and designed to unconstitutionally investigate President Trump and his administration. Our laws do not permit such an impulsive, egregious action against a former President and his close advisors,\u201d the lawsuit says, according to The Wall Street Journal.The select committee has asked the archives to turn over detailed records on the actions of Trump, Vice President Mike Pence, and other members of the administration taken on January 6. The committee\u2019s request also covered White House records on visitor logs and officials\u2019 social media posts. Finally, the committee asked the archives to turn over all records relating to the former president\u2019s push to delay the certification of the 2020 election.Trump\u2019s legal team is asking the D.C. district court to make the archives first identify all records covered under the committee\u2019s request, then allow the Trump team to review them before they are given to Congress, according to Politico.Thompson and committee vice-chair Liz Cheney (R-WY) released a joint statement responding to Trump\u2019s lawsuit.\u201cThe former President\u2019s clear objective is to stop the Select Committee from getting to the facts about January 6th and his lawsuit is nothing more than an attempt to delay and obstruct our probe,\u201d the statement said. \u201cPrecedent and law are on our side. Executive privilege is not absolute and President Biden has so far declined to invoke that privilege. Additionally, there\u2019s a long history of the White House accommodating congressional investigative requests when the public interest outweighs other concerns. It\u2019s hard to imagine a more compelling public interest than trying to get answers about an attack on our democracy and an attempt to overturn the results of an election.\u201d\u201cThe Select Committee\u2019s authority to seek these records is clear. We\u2019ll fight the former President\u2019s attempt to obstruct our investigation while we continue to push ahead successfully with our probe on a number of other fronts,\u201d it continued.It remains unclear if Trump\u2019s claims to executive privilege will be upheld.On October 8, President Joe Biden declined to invoke executive privilege over the requested documents. White House counsel Dana Remus told Ferriero in a letter to turn over the requested documents to the House select committee.\u201cThe President instructs you, in accord with Section 4(b) of Executive Order 13489, to provide the pages identified as privileged by the former President to the Select Committee. In light of the urgency of the Select Committee\u2019s need for the information, the President further instructs you to provide those pages 30 days after your notification to the former President, absent any intervening court order,\u201d Remus wrote.The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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