BREAKING Judge Tanya Chutkan has rejected Donald Trump's effort to block the Jan. 6 committee from accessing his White House records, determining that Biden's decision to release them is more significant.
"Presidents are not kings, and Plaintiff is not President," she writes.
"Presidents are not kings, and Plaintiff is not President," she writes.
The ruling is a significant victory for the Jan. 6 committee's effort to peer into Trump's mindset as he stoked false claimed about voter fraud and sougth to delegitimize the outcome of the 2020 election.
Trump has already appealed.
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Trump has already appealed.
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Chutkan gave Trump one thin reed: That the Jan. 6 committee's requests are pretty broad.
But she said the committee's power to request them is also broad, and nothing in their request exceeds that power.
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But she said the committee's power to request them is also broad, and nothing in their request exceeds that power.
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And Chutkan rejected Trump's claim that the Presidential Records Act itself is unconstitutional, noting that it was entered into under Carter and that all future presidents had bound themselves to its procedures.
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Chutkan also noted that many presidents had waived executive privilege in matters of national significance: Watergate, Iran-Contra, 9/11. This is far from an unprecedented situation in that regard, she said.
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The ruling came in at 9:09.
Trump appealed at 9:39.
Trump appealed at 9:39.
Jan. 6 committee chairman Bennie THOMPSON hails Chutkan's ruling.
He called Trump's lawsuit "little more than an attempt to delay and obstruct our investigation." politico.com/news/2021/11/0…
He called Trump's lawsuit "little more than an attempt to delay and obstruct our investigation." politico.com/news/2021/11/0…
Ah, the old "man up" principle of civil procedure:
https://twitter.com/ryanobles/status/1458279085344448513
NOTABLE: Two Trump-appointed judges (Walker and Rao) are likely to help decide whether to stay Chutkan's decision.
https://twitter.com/joshgerstein/status/1458283081832534018
JUST IN: The White House has responded to Judge Chutkan's ruling, vowing to continue to "work expeditiously with the Select Committee" to get an accounting of Jan. 6.
UPDATE: Chutkan has asked the National Archives and the House to respond by 5p.m. to Trump's request to delay the impact of her ruling.
NARA has already replied, saying Trump's demand for a stay is meritless.
NARA has already replied, saying Trump's demand for a stay is meritless.
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