Former President Donald Trump on Monday filed a lawsuit against the House committee probing the Jan. 6 insurrection in a bid to keep it from examining White House records related to the attack.
Oct.18 (UPI) — Former President Donald Trump on Monday filed a lawsuit against the House committee probing the Jan.6 insurrection in a bid to keep it from examining White House records related to the attack. Trump’s attorneys filed the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, naming the Jan.6 panel’s chairman, Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., the National Archives and archivist David Ferriero as defendants. It calls the investigation of the insurrection «a vexatious, illegal fishing expedition» and asks the court to declare the committee’s entire request to be invalid, dismissing the effort as «a political ploy» orchestrated by President Joe Biden to «accommodate his partisan allies.» The suit also seeks to restrain the National Archives from turning over any materials to Congress in response to the request — especially documents Trump has deemed to be covered by executive privilege.
