In a 68-page ruling, the three-judge panel tossed aside Trump’s various arguments for blocking through executive privilege records that the committee regards as vital to its investigation into the run-up to the deadly riot that was aimed at overturning the results of the 2020 presidential election. Trump also failed to show any harm that would occur from the release of the sought-after records, Millett wrote. The panel’s leaders, Reps. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., and Liz Cheney, R.-Wyo., hailed the ruling, saying it “respects the Select Committee’s interest in obtaining White House records and the President’s judgment in allowing those records to be produced. “Regardless of today’s decision by the the appeals court, this case was always destined for the Supreme Court,” Liz Harrington said. Biden had waived Trump’s executive privilege claims as the current officeholder.

Source: CNN December 11, 2021 01:18 UTC