The lawsuit from Trump is an attempt to block the work of the House committee as it attempts to investigate his actions before and during the siege of the Capitol. The court action also marks his l\u2026<\/b>
\nFormer President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit Monday in DC District Court against the House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection and the National Archives in an effort to keep records from his presidency secret by claiming executive privilege. The lawsuit from Trump is an attempt to block the work of the House committee as it attempts to investigate his actions before and during the siege of the Capitol. The court action also marks his latest effort in a long and thorny several years of fighting requests from the Democratic-controlled US House. The Biden administration has declined to assert executive privilege over a first tranche of Trump-era records, and Trump is currently opposed to the release of about 40 documents. The lawsuit alleges that the House\u2019s request for the documents \u201care unprecedented in their breadth and scope and are untethered from any legitimate legislative purpose.\u201d Trump\u2019s team also calls President Joe Biden\u2019s refusal to protect the documents \u201ca political ploy to accommodate his partisan allies.\u201d It also claims that the Presidential Records Act is unconstitutional if it is \u201cread so broadly as to allow an incumbent President unfettered discretion to waive the previous President\u2019s executive privilege, mere months following an administration change.\u201d Related Articles President Biden: Prosecute those who defy Jan.6 subpoenas\t Boeing pilot indicted in Texas over 737 Max testing\t Cher sues Sonny\u2019s heirs over song, record royalties\t Trump ordered to give deposition in 2015 case\t Robert Durst sentenced to life in prison for killing friend\t The National Archives is slated to turn over the requested documents to Congress by early next month. This story is breaking and will be updated.<\/p>\n