Trump seeking to block call logs and notes from Capitol attack panel

[Judi Lynn]

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Source: Associated Press

Ex-president sued to stop the National Archives from transmitting documents to the House committee

Associated Press in Washington
Sat 30 Oct 2021 08.47 EDT

Donald Trump is trying to block documents including call logs, drafts of remarks and speeches and handwritten notes from his chief of staff relating to the 6 January Capitol riot from being released to an investigating House committee, the National Archives revealed in a court filing early on Saturday.

The former president has sued to stop the National Archives transmitting those documents, and thousands more, to the House committee investigating the attack. Joe Biden declined to assert executive privilege on most of Trump’s records after determining that doing so is “not in the best interests of the United States”.

On 6 January, a mob of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol in an attempt to stop the certification of Biden’s election victory. Trump was impeached by the Democratic-led House for inciting the riot but acquitted by a Republican Senate.

The House select committee investigating 6 January contains only two Republicans, the anti-Trump conservatives Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger, after House GOP leadership sought to place Trump allies on the panel and then withdrew co-operation.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/oct/30/donald-trump-capitol-attack-call-logs-notes-national-archives-court-filing

[PatSeg]

1. "not in the best interests of the United States"

Translation: "Not in the best interests of Donald J. Trump".

[Rebl2]

5. Yep

[Champp]

2. Republican traitors try to cover their tracks

[Evolve Dammit]

4. That is priceless. Sadly. Is it ligit or Onion?

[sanatanadharma]

6. Apparently real

Google image search for "daily news july 17 2018" turns up contemporary reports from several sources; Amazon sold the issue.

Link to tweet

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[Lonestarblue]

3. The courts need to expedite this case.

Allowing this case to move through the normal process, which often takes years, would be a travesty. Citizens need to know what Trump and his minions did to foment an insurrection and treason against the government of the United States as soon as possible.

[thenelm1]

7. Thanks TFG for telling the prosecution for what and where they need to look!! n/t

[Talitha]

14. And he doesn't even realize he did it!

What a doofus.

[Traildogbob]

8. Trump seeking to block.

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That’s been the headline since 2015.
Has anyone in history had more to hide, still appointed President, impeached twice, under multiple criminal investigations, headed up a government takeover, still trying to throw out a completely fair election of the people, lead a violent insurrection, still pushing a coup takeover, and may very well be appointed again. And fully supported by the law and order party? And we want to go to war to force our way of government on other counties. How do the countries with our troops and bases in their back yard feel about us?
The sucking sound is deafening. We really, really suck.

[Bayard]

9. Well, it sounds bad when you put it like that!

He's obviously trying to hide some whoppers. I'm surprised it even made it to the Archives, frankly, and not disappeared.

[BlueIdaho]

10. Not in the nation's interest?

Wrong. We all know TFG has a prodigious phone and text/tweet habit so these records provide a necessary tick tock of his day - but more importantly - they will tell us who and when he was speaking with. How else are we going to get the congressional traitors nailed down?

Time to release all records and let the chips fall where they may.

[Nittersing]

11. Judge Tanya Chutkan will hold hearing on Thursday.

According to this Politico article: https://www.politico.com/news/2021/10/30/call-logs-speech-drafts-among-records-trump-is-trying-to-block-from-jan-6-investigators-517796

"Chutkan is slated to hold a hearing on Trump’s bid to block access to his records on Thursday. She’s been among the most outspoken judges on the federal bench in Washington, D.C., to call the Jan. 6 attack a fundamental assault on democracy — driven by rioters loyal to Trump. In the chaos that day, multiple rioters died, and more than 140 police officers were injured."

[Nikki28]

12. Thank you

we need to get one win before we lose our country to these raciest.EOM.

[ancianita]

13. Great. So, I take it that "it takes years" when SCOTUS has to hear it.

SCOTUS Republicans are as much invested in stalling any evidence of tfg's intent and planning as Republican law enforcement is of prosecuting lawbreakers who helped him.

I just hope that her decision isn't appealed.

[rpannier]

15. They need to start ignoring him

He sues, whines and snivels over everything
He is not President of the U.S. any longer and needs to be treated as such
He's like a stalker-EX

[WhoWoodaKnew]

16. Pretty typical Trump. Before he loses in court (also typical Trump).