These hundreds of pages of documents include, among other things, the lists of people who visited him or who called him on the famous January 6, 2021.
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This will help shed light on the exact role of Donald Trump in the assault on the Capitol: the Supreme Court paved the way, Wednesday, January 19, for the transfer of documents related to the actions of the former president to the commission parliamentary inquiry. These hundreds of pages of documents include, among other things, the lists of people who visited him or called him on January 6, 2021, as well as notes taken during these exchanges.
The highest court in the United States rejected, by a majority of eight judges out of nine, the billionaire’s attempt to maintain the confidentiality of the White House archives in a short judgment which does not explain his motivations. This decision represents a considerable victory for the special committee of the House of Representatives, engaged in a veritable judicial guerrilla war with the former president and his relatives. The two elected to head this commission, Democrat Bennie Thompson and Republican Liz Cheney, welcomed a “victory for the rule of law and for American democracy”. They specified that they had already started to receive certain documents “which the former president had hoped to keep hidden”.
The members of the January 6 commission, mostly Democrats, are seeking to determine the role of the Republican billionaire in the attack of thousands of his supporters on the seat of Congress, as elected officials certified the victory of his Democratic opponent Joe Biden in the presidential one. They are racing against time as they desperately want to release their findings before the midterm legislative elections, in less than a year, when Republicans could regain control of the House and bury their work.
Lawyers for the former president, advisers, ex-chief of staff, spokespersons… For months, they have been increasing the subpoenas to appear in his entourage, without success so far. Among the latest summoned is the former mayor of New York, Rudy Giuliani, a loyal supporter of Donald Trump who had supported him in his post-election crusade.