Supreme Court deals final blow to Trump bid to stymie Jan. 6 panel
By John Kruzel - 02/22/22 04:59 PM EST
The Supreme Court on Tuesday turned away a final appeal by former President Trump in his dispute with congressional investigators pursuing his administration’s records as part of the probe into the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.
The court's move represented a finishing blow — at least for now — to Trump’s months-long legal bid to block lawmakers from obtaining schedules, call logs, emails and other White House documents the committee says it needs to flesh out the circumstances surrounding the deadly pro-Trump Capitol riot.
The defeat also likely lays to rest the concern that Trump might make use of a drain-the-clock litigation strategy he wielded so effectively as president — a range of delay tactics to drag out lawsuits, hamper investigators and fend off records requests — to successfully stymie the Jan. 6 probe.
“While there is a nontrivial chance Mr. Trump may again try to block release of records through new litigation, the resolution of this case arguably should spell the end of this particular obstacle for the Jan. 6 committee’s effort to receive presidential records,” said Bradley Moss, a national security lawyer and partner in the Law Office of Mark S. Zaid.
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