The US Supreme Court on Tuesday formally ended Donald Trump’s attempts to prevent the transmission of presidential archives to a parliamentary committee charged with shedding light on his role in the assault on the Capitol on January 6, 2021.
The decision follows last month, when the highest court in the United States had already rejected the former president’s request to keep the White House archives confidential during a review on the merits.
The members of the so-called January 6 commission, in reference to the date of the attack, seek to determine the role of the Republican billionaire in the attack of thousands of his supporters on the seat of Congress, at a time when elected officials were certifying the victory of his Democratic opponent, Joe Biden, in the presidential election.
The elected officials, with the majority Democrats, are in a race against time, because they want to publish their findings at all costs before the midterm legislative elections, in less than a year, during which the Republicans could regain control of the House. and bury their works.
Donald Trump, who remains central in his camp and does not rule out running for president in 2024, denounces a “political game” and tries to block the efforts of the commission. To do this, it notably invoked a prerogative of the executive power which makes it possible to protect the confidentiality of communications between its members. For him, it also applies to former presidents.
The federal courts, however, rejected his requests, pointing out that the current executive branch had waived the use of this prerogative and authorized the transmission of its archives to Congress.
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