EXPLOSIVE late-night court filing fomr National Archives details what Trump is trying to block the Jan. 6 committee from obtaining.
They include "daily presidential diaries, schedules, appointments showing White House visitors, activity logs" and records of calls to Trump/Pence.
The records include files drawn from Mark MEADOWS, Stephen MILLER, and hunreds of pages from binders of Kayleigh McAneny.
They also include a draft proclamation marking the deaths of Capitol Police officers. Brian Sicknick and Howard Liebengood.
The first tranche: Meadows, Miller, Philbin, White House logs, call records >>>
The second tranche: McEnany, draft speech to "Save America" march, and "a handwritten note from former Chief
of Staff Mark Meadows’ files listing potential or scheduled briefings and telephone calls
concerning the January 6 certification,"
The third tranche: Talking points on election "irregularities" in Michigan, an email chain from a state official,a document containing "presidential findings" on election integrity.
Full filing from the National Archives: politico.com/f/?id=0000017c…
TRUMP has pressed the National Archives to block 750 of the 1,600 pages identified so far as related to the Jan. 6 investigaiton — it's a far broader attempt by Trump to stifle access than previously known.
The Jan. 6 committee filed its own legal brief tonight too, rejecting Trump's claims of executive privilege as 'weak' and legally unsupported. Upholding them, they say, could impede efforts to prevent a future attack on elections.
politico.com/f/?id=0000017c…
The moral of this story: Never sleep on NARA!
NEWS: The National Archives has publicly identified the records Trump is trying to withhold from Jan. 6 probe:
-Call/visitor logs
-Draft speech to Jan 6 crowd
-Notes and files from Meadows, Miller, McEnany
-Emails from a “state official”
Much more here:
politico.com/news/2021/10/3…
The Archives is joining the Jan. 6 committee in opposing Trump’s sweeping executive privilege claims.
He is attempting to block 750 of the 1,600 pages identified so far — but NARA says he can’t overrule Biden, who wants the docs out.
politico.com/news/2021/10/3…
The National Archives catalogue of Trump’s Jan. 6-related records is startling, but equally eye-opening is its legal takedown of Trump’s lawsuit. politico.com/news/2021/10/3…
One factor is that presidents have throughout history waived executive privilege on matters of national significance, like Bush post-9/11 — and Trump himself when he decided not to block the Mueller report from coming out. 👀
politico.com/news/2021/10/3…
MORE: Overnight, executive privilege experts filed a persuasive brief arguing that there is literally no scenario in which a former president can override a sitting president’s waiver of privilege.
AND: Trump has no ability to claim attorney-client privilege over advice given to “the office of the president.”
Here’s who filed the brief
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