Judges grill Trump lawyers trying to block Jan. 6 probe from getting White House records

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

A skeptical-sounding panel of federal judges grilled lawyers for former President Donald Trump on Tuesday about his bid to block the release of White House communications and other records to the lawmakers investigating the deadly Capitol invasion.

Trump had filed the lawsuit against the House select committee that seeks those documents as part of its probe of the riot, when hundreds of Trump's supporters stormed the Capitol and temporarily stopped Congress from confirming President Joe Biden's victory in the 2020 election.

Lawyers for Trump argue some of those records should be protected by executive privilege, the doctrine that allows some executive branch communications to be kept confidential. They argue that Trump's assertion of privilege should outweigh the decision of Biden, the incumbent president, to waive privilege over the documents.

The lawyers have asked the appeals court to reverse the opinion of a federal judge, who ruled that the National Archives is allowed to hand the disputed records over to the select committee.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/judges-grill-trump-lawyers-trying-to-block-jan-6-probe-from-getting-white-house-records/ar-AARj2H1

[louis-t]

1. I would like to remind those lawyers that they will never be paid.

At least not by fg. RNC has started paying some of his legal bills.

[gab13by13]

2. Sorry, I missed your post.

I duplicated it.

[msfiddlestix]

3. Got the background of TFG's arguments, would love to know specifics on questions from judges.

Does the link provide that specific information in detail?

[gab13by13]

4. Good news and bad,

This court will deny Trump's appeal, good news. Bad news; Trump will appeal to the full appeals court and then to the Supreme court. If this case doesn't get expedited the clock can run out.