The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an appeal by Donald Trump as part of his effort to keep White House records from the House Select Committee investigating the January 6, 2021 insurrection.
House investigators have sought access to Trump-era records as part of a House panel’s investigation into the Trump-fueled attack on the US Capitol.
In December, after lower federal courts rejected his requests to halt the National Archives from passing along his administration’s records, Trump turned to the Supreme Court and asked the justices to shield the disputed materials from disclosure while they considered his formal appeal. Today, the court denied his request, The Hill reports.
“The court’s move, which came in a brief unsigned order issued without comment, comes after the justices denied Trump’s emergency request to block the transfer of his White House records from the National Archives to the House select committee, a process that began last month,” the news outlet reported.
The justices’ decision, according to the report, “formally ends Trump’s legal effort to stymie lawmakers’ efforts to obtain a batch of schedules, call logs, emails and other requested documents that the committee says could illuminate key circumstances surrounding the deadly Capitol riot.”
