
Justice Department and House lawyers argue Trump's records should be turned over to January 6 committee
CNN
The Biden administration said in a court filing on Monday that the House select committee's investigation into January 6 is needed to fully understand former President Donald Trump's role in the US Capitol attack, arguing that his presidential records be turned over to Congress.
Lawyers from the Justice Department -- representing the Biden administration, including the National Archives, which holds the Trump-era records -- said that the House has "sufficient reason" to try to learn what Trump and others knew before the violence. The filing came as Trump tries to overturn a lower-court decision and keep the records secret.
"Far from 'fishing,' or looking to the former President and his advisors as a 'case study,' the Select Committee is investigating known events involving the former President and other White House officials and relating to a singular attack on the Capitol," the Justice Department lawyers wrote.

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