Saturday, 30 October 2021

Trump seeking to block call logs and notes from Capitol attack panel

Ex-president sued to stop the National Archives from transmitting documents to the House committee

Donald Trump is trying to block documents including call logs, drafts of speeches and notes from his chief of staff relating to the 6 January Capitol riot from being released to the investigating House committee, the National Archives revealed in a court filing on Saturday.

At the same time, the Washington Post reported the startling contents of an email sent by John Eastman, a conservative lawyer who advised Trump in his attempts to overturn his defeat, to an aide to Mike Pence, even as the vice-president hid from the Capitol mob, some members of which were calling for him to be hanged.

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