Trump looks to appeals court to keep records from Jan. 6 probe after judge rejects emergency bid
A federal judge rejected former President Donald Trump's emergency request to keep a slew of White House records out of the hands of lawmakers investigating the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol invasion.
The latest ruling came one day after U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan denied two different attempts by Trump's lawyer to block the release of the disputed records to the House select committee conducting that probe. Trump's lawyer, Jesse Binnall, had argued that many of the documents should be kept confidential because they were protected by executive privilege, the doctrine that allows some executive branch dealings to be kept confidential. President Joe Biden had refused to invoke privilege over the disputed documents.
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