The United States Justice rejected an appeal from the former president on Thursday Donald Trump to prevent the release of the White House records related to the January 6 coup against the Capitol.
The appeals court agreed to a lower court ruling that the president, Joe Biden, could waive executive privilege over the records so that the records could be turned over to an investigating Congressional panel. the violence of Trump supporters.
The ex-president, who has been accused of fomenting the attack on United States Congress, sought to exercise his privilege to keep documents and telephone records that may be related to the attack secret.
However, the Court stated that it is President Biden’s criteria that weighs the most in this case.
“The right of a former president certainly does not carry greater weight than that of the incumbent president,” the appeals court declared in its ruling.
“In this case, President Biden, as chief executive, has specifically considered that Congress has an urgent need to see these documents and to disclose them is in the best interest of the Nation,” the Court said.
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The ruling does not release the documents and records immediately. The appeals court reported that attorneys for Trump They would have two weeks to appeal the decision to the Supreme Court.
Thus, Trump’s defense can obtain a new moratorium, while the Supreme Court reviews this unprecedented case.
The appeals court also said that the public interest in the records is greater than that of Trump in particular.
“The public interest is heightened when, as now, the legislature must proceed urgently to prevent violent attacks against the federal government, as well as attacks on the peaceful transfer of power,” he added.
The records, held by the National Archives, are required by the House committee that investigates the acts of violence of January 6, in which hundreds of supporters of Trump they forced the closure of Congress and delayed the confirmation session of Joe Biden, winner of the November 2020 elections.
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Documents Trump hopes to keep secret include records of his closest associates and memos to his press secretary.
There are more than 770 pages that include records for his former chief of staff Mark Meadows, his former senior counsel Stephen Miller, and his deputy counselor Patrick Philbin.
Trump also hoped to block the release of White House diaries, a log of activities, travel, reports and phone calls.
Other files Trump doesn’t want Congress to see include memos from his former press officer, Kayleigh McEnany, a handwritten note on the events of January 6, and a draft of his speech at the “Save America” rally, which would have provoked the attack.
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