Judge Questions Trump's Grounds for Keeping Jan. 6 Documents Secret
Source: New York Times
WASHINGTON A federal judge on Thursday expressed skepticism about Donald J. Trumps attempt to block from release a wide range of documents related to the Capitol riot, signaling that she might be open to allowing a congressional committee scrutinizing the violence to pore over hundreds of files that the former president wants to keep secret.
At a hearing by video conference, Judge Tanya S. Chutkan of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia repeatedly asked pointed questions about the legal basis for Mr. Trumps claim that at least 770 pages of documents related to the mob attack must be shielded by executive privilege.
The Jan. 6 riot happened in the Capitol, Judge Chutkan told Mr. Trumps lawyer, Justin Clark. That is literally Congresss house.
Still, the judge also suggested that the House select committee investigating the attack might have overreached, referring to its demand for documents which potentially amounts to millions of pages as very broad and, at one point, alarmingly broad.
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Evolve Dammit
(16,743 posts)Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)Evolve Dammit
(16,743 posts)The Unmitigated Gall
(3,820 posts)"Hey, if you've done nothing wrong, you have nothing to worry about!"
kacekwl
(7,017 posts)the crap and release the papers damn it. And the full Muller report while you're at it. He sheeeesh.
Lemon Lyman
(1,351 posts)Da fuq does he always want everything kept hidden? Wouldn't you want to testify for 11 hours if you had nothing to hide?
monkeyman1
(5,109 posts)canetoad
(17,169 posts)You'd think it was a given that anything TFG wanted to hide, is worth a look.