Specifics about Trump's efforts to keepSsecret the Support from his White House, for Overturning his Loss of the 2020 Election, were revealed in late-night Court Filings that Detail more than 700 pages of Handwritten Notes, Draft Documents and Daily Logs his Top Advisers kept related to January 6th.
The National Archives outlined, for the first time, in a sworn Declaration, what Trump wants to keep Secret.
The US House has told a Federal Court that Trump has No Right to keep Confidential more than 700 Documents from his Presidency, citing a Committee's need to Reconstruct Trump's efforts to Undermine the 2020 Election and his Actions on January 6th.
The Records Trump wants to keep Secret include:
- Handwritten Memos from his Chief-of-Staff about January 6th.
- Trump's Call Logs
- Pence's Call Logs
- White House Visitor Record
- Mark Meadows' Working Papers, Three Handwritten Notes about the Events of January 6th, and Two Pages listing Briefings and Telephone Calls about the Electoral College Certification.
- Press Secretary Working Papers
- White House Lawyer Notes and Memos about Trump's Efforts to Undermine the Election.
- 30 pages of his Daily Schedule
- Switchboard Checklists Document
Trump's Court Case is a Crucial and potentially Historic Legal Fight over the Authority, of a former President, to Protect his Term in Office, the House's Subpoena Power, and the Reach of Executive Privilege.
Those types of Records could answer some of the most closely Guarded Facts of what happened between Trump and other High-Level Officials, including those under Siege on Capitol Hill, on January 6th.
Some of the Questions Trump has raised in his Lawsuit, have never before been decided by a Court. If Trump convinces Judges to put Archives' Document Productions On-Hold, as the Case makes its way through Appeals, the Delay Tactic could Cripple parts of the House Panel's Investigation. Generally, the House has sought Records held by the Archives that speak to Plans to Disrupt the Electoral Count in Congress, Preparation for the Pro-Trump Rallies before and on January 6th, and what Trump had learned about the Soundness of Voting after the Election.
Trump now Claims he should have the Ability to Assert Executive Privilege, even when the current President will Not, and that the House's Requests for Records from his Presidency are Illegitimate.
So far, the Biden White House has Declined to keep Information about the Trump White House Leading up to January 6th Private, citing the "extraordinary" Trump-led attempt to Overturn the 2020 Election and the ongoing Bipartisan House Investigation. And the Archives, represented by Biden's Justice Department (DOJ) in Court, has sided with President Joe Biden's Directions.
In its own Court Filing overnight, the National Archives backed the House's Request for Access, arguing that the Attack on the Capitol is worthy of Waiving Executive Privilege. Executive Privilege is only given to the Current President, but the current President can Give or Take Away that Privilege.
"President Biden's sober determination that the public interest requires disclosure is manifestly reasonable, and his to make," Lawyers for the Biden Administration wrote in Court.
The Archives has said it Plans to begin Releasing disputed Trump-era Records to the House beginning November 12th, unless a Court Intervenes. Judge Tanya Chutkan of the US District Court in DC, will hold a Key Hearing on Trump's Lawsuit on Thursday, Nov. 4th.
A Bipartisan Group of 66 former Members of Congress, including some Republicans who had served in Leadership Posts, told a Federal Court earlier this week, they Support the US House in the Case. Their Position comes in a "friend of the court" Brief this week that Chutkan could look to for Legal Guidance. The former Members say the need for Congress toUunderstand the January 6th Attack shouldn't be undermined by Trump, and they are urging Chutkan to Reject his Request for a Court Order that would Stop the Archives from turning over Documents.
"An armed attack on the United States Capitol that disrupted the peaceful transfer of presidential power -- and not the document requests necessary to investigate it -- is the only grave threat to the Constitution before the Court," the former Members write.
A Group of Government Transparency Organizations, Law Professors, and other Experts are also Supporting the House, and the Archives turning over the Trump Records, according to Court Filings.
The Case also could play into the possible Criminal Prosecution of Trump Ally Steve Bannon, who has defied a Subpoena from the House January 6th Committee by pointing to Trump's Challenge in Court, and the possibility Trump might try to claim Communications with Bannon are Protected. The House Voted to Hold Bannon in Contempt last week, and the DOJ has said it is Evaluating whether to Prosecute him.
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