Appeals court rules against Trump in fight
over Jan. 6 committee documents request
NBC News,
by
Pete Williams
Original Article
Posted By: Dreadnought,
12/9/2021 5:27:24 PM
A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that former President Donald Trump cannot prevent the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack from getting hundreds of documents created when he was in the White House.
Trump's lawyers will most likely now file an emergency appeal with the Supreme Court in an effort to block the release. They will have 14 days to file the appeal.
Lawyers for the House said the committee needs the records "to complete a thorough investigation into how the actions of the former president, his advisers, and other government officials may have contributed to the attack on Congress to impede the peaceful transfer of presidential power."
Reply 1 - Posted by:
Venturer 12/9/2021 5:51:35 PM (No. 1002019)
The Committee is a farce, a joke.
It is no more unbiased than the DNC itself.
The members should be ashamed to be on it.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
voxpopuli 12/9/2021 6:11:47 PM (No. 1002033)
they are on the kommittee because they are being blackmailed..
by the nyt/eu/soros.. they really don't have a choice.. unless..
people who are aware of how they are being blackmailed come
forth and expose them..
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
bighambone 12/9/2021 6:22:55 PM (No. 1002044)
The judge who wrote the appeals court decision in this highly politically charged case is an Obama nominated Judge, so what would you expect her decision to be?
36 people like this.
Reply 4 - Posted by:
czechlist 12/9/2021 6:24:53 PM (No. 1002046)
#2
IMO almost everyone with any power in DC has something in their past they do not want exposed.It is why they hated Trump - they had nothing on him to control him - so they had to make it up.
Political parties are like the mafia - you have to be complicit in some crime to be a member and advance
Blackmail is the currency in the swamp
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
DVC 12/9/2021 6:45:08 PM (No. 1002059)
Other Presidents have had executive privilege. Of course, the entire Deep State, all those corrupt thugs with their hands in the cookie jar up to their shoulder blades are afraid of Trump and want him gone....so they continue to steal.
27 people like this.
Reply 6 - Posted by:
Jethro bo 12/9/2021 7:54:15 PM (No. 1002132)
Rebublicans should , when they win the House and Senate, impeach Biden first then subpoena the entire DC Circus Court of Appalls private communications for legislative purpose and oversight purposes. Make these black robed demigods live by their own rulings. Once the Judicial branch gets the message that they too will be held accountable, this kind of political 'Just-Us' will stop. The DC Joke is more liberal than the 9th Circus.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
bighambone 12/9/2021 8:29:32 PM (No. 1002152)
All three judges who heard this highly politically charged case at the DC Circuit Court are Obama nominated judges. This case must go to the Supreme Court where Trump may or may not get a fair shake.
21 people like this.
Reply 8 - Posted by:
whyyeseyec 12/9/2021 8:29:39 PM (No. 1002153)
@#6 - Never going to happen. The GOP are afraid of their own shadow.
10 people like this.
Reply 9 - Posted by:
SkeezerMcGee 12/9/2021 8:44:14 PM (No. 1002161)
"Lawyers for the House said the committee needs the records;'to complete a thorough investigation into how the actions of the former president, his advisers, and other government officials may have contributed to the attack on Congress to impede the peaceful transfer of presidential power.' "
Absurd nonsense!
If the Capitol building had been completely controlled by that handfull of unarmed civilians it would not hve impeded peaceful transfer of presidential power.
9 people like this.
Reply 10 - Posted by:
hershey 12/9/2021 9:28:08 PM (No. 1002183)
And the witch hunt continues..that whole committee should be run out of Washington on rails after being tarred and feathered...what a pitiful disgrace they are...
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Ketchuplover 12/9/2021 9:40:03 PM (No. 1002191)
And if Trump defies the court order, what will they do ---impeach him again? Bring it on.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
ldb51 12/9/2021 11:09:03 PM (No. 1002248)
Might we hope that there are enough documents with "special" incriminating info salted among them to make this one of those "PLEASE don't throw me in the briar patch" moments? Might the Dems live to regret this move?
7 people like this.
Reply 13 - Posted by:
Kafka2 12/10/2021 8:22:42 AM (No. 1002422)
The Democrats should be careful what they wish for. If they succeed in creating the precedent that the current President can revoke his predecessor's authority to claim executive privilege for documents created when he was in office. The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 is decidedly biased. They want to blame President Trump for the Jan. 6 demonstration, but to date, have found no evidence to support that assumption. This looks like a witch hunt in a desperate attempt to find anything they can use against President Trump.
Biden and his regime should consider that, when it comes to bad behavior, they live in a glass house before throwing rocks.
6 people like this.
Reply 14 - Posted by:
Rokkitt 12/10/2021 9:53:35 AM (No. 1002519)
Obama judge strikes again.
4 people like this.
Reply 15 - Posted by:
LLAMA 12/10/2021 9:56:16 AM (No. 1002522)
Clearly the January 6th committee is a canard whose true and only purpose is to serve as distractor in the upcoming elections. Pelosi and her fellow travelers, like all fanatics, will pursue their dreams regardless of ethics, legalities, or common sense.
5 people like this.
Reply 16 - Posted by:
MickTurn 12/10/2021 10:24:51 AM (No. 1002564)
Uh, We can't find any documents, they seem to have been eaten by the Muller Probe!
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
Zigrid 12/10/2021 10:34:10 AM (No. 1002588)
Yeah...yeah...another Russia...Russia...Russia investigation by the swamp Dems...no wonder they are dropping out like rats on a sinking ship for the 2022 election...they hope to damage President Trump as much as they can before the 2022 election...but...they forgot to cover their posteriors when it comes to running the country..Americans of all colors and political persuasion have had enough of the Dems..and the rinos...WE can see what the Dems have done in 11 months to our beloved country....
4 people like this.
Reply 18 - Posted by:
NotaBene 12/10/2021 10:55:15 AM (No. 1002614)
The Hussein Obama judges did not consider that F. Joe Biden is illegitimate because the election was stolen by the Democrat Party.
2 people like this.
Reply 19 - Posted by:
little guy 12/10/2021 11:36:11 AM (No. 1002673)
50 years ago Congress wouldn't dare to try and access the private documents of the POTUS as they knew the SCOTUS would tell them to pound sand because of separation of powers ... and the people would back up the President. However, Congress despised Nixon (another Republican to hate & blame for everything, like Trump) and that started the opening of the sealed can of worms.
Sadly, this is now a one way street. The Courts helped Clinton and Obama exert "Executive Privilege" (think about Monica and then Faster & Furious) but it's open season on Trump.
If anyone thinks you could get documents from Biden's White House on his son ... think again.
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