10/18/2021

INVESTIGATIONS/LAWSUITS: “Donald Trump is suing the Jan. 6 select committee and the National Archives to block the release of his White House’s records related to the Capitol attack.

The former president’s lawyers filed the 26-page suit in D.C. district court on Monday, declaring the committee’s investigation ‘a vexatious, illegal fishing expedition.’ […]

Trump’s legal team contends that the Jan. 6 panel’s push for voluminous records from his administration — such as his internal communications with lawyers, campaign operatives and senior officials — would shatter the notion of executive privilege.”

-Betsy Woodruff Swan and Kyle Cheney, “Trump sues Jan. 6 committee, National Archives,” politico.com, October 18, 2021