Trump's request to block documents on January 6th rejected

Trump has argued that the material covers the executive privilege, which protects the privacy of some of the White House communications.

Committee investigations are trying to find out whether Trump had advance knowledge of the riots.

On January 6th, hundreds of his supporters have attacked the Congress building, trying to prevent the Certificate of the November 2020 election outcome, in which the Democrat candidate, Joe Biden, has emerged as the winner.

The riots have left five people dead, including a police official.

The congress, however, has managed to certiff the election result, and Biden has taken office in January.

At least 535 protesters have been arrested, but, so far, only a few sentences have been pronounced.

The House of Representatives' Selective Committee wants to see some phone records, visitors' records and other White House documents, which can shed light on the events of that day.

Trump has called for a court decision to keep documents secret.

But Judge Tanja Chutkan found that the National Archives federal agency holding the White House of Trump records must meet the panel's request.

Chutkan said Trump's request for preliminary judicial order appears to be backed up “in the notion that his executive power exists up to eternity”.

According to her, President Joe Biden has the authority to remove the executive privilege of documents, despite various claims by Trump.

“The presidents are not kings and the plaintiff is not president”, the judge added to the 39-page ruling.

The legal battle is likely to end in the Supreme Court.

The decision was made on the day ten of Trump's aides were called to testify before American lawmakers in connection with the events of January 6th.

Representative Bennie Thompson, who heads the House of Representatives committee, said in a statement following the decision that data from the White House is crucial to understanding the January 6th attack.

“In my opinion, there can be no stronger public interest than securing responses to an attack on our democracy”, Thompson said.

In an interview for television network CNN, Thompson said Trump should not behave like a fumbled “lax1>.

Trump has consistently attacked the committee's work and has continued to promote baseless conspiracy theories of election fraud, even though the Benden victory has been proven in all 50 American states.

In a reaction following the court's decision, Trump spokesman Taylor Budwich said that “Trump remains committed to protecting the Constitution and the Office of President”.

He said the “case is destined to be decided by appeals courts”.