Trump claims that his executive privilege means the documents should be kept secret even though most legal experts say the privilege can only be asserted by a sitting president.
Former President Trump Thursday filed a last ditch appeal to the Supreme Court to keep his White House documents away from the congressional committee investigating the storming of the Capitol on Jan.6. Trump claims that his executive privilege means the documents should be kept secret even though most legal experts say the privilege can only be asserted by a sitting president. He called the committee “sleazebags” in an email statement issued around the same time as the filing and accused it of “speaking with fake reverence about” Jan.6. A trial court and federal appeals court panel have issued sharply worded decisions that President Biden has every right to release the documents, which reportedly include potentially damaging hand-written notes detailing Trump’s inaction as a violent mob of his supporters swarmed the Capitol. But the Supreme Court is dominated by arch-conservatives and Trump himself appointed three of the justices.
