FORMER US PRESIDENT Donald Trump attends his first post-presidency campaign rally, in Wellington, Ohio, in June.
(photo credit: REUTERS/SHANNON STAPLETON)
A lawyer for former President Donald Trump on Tuesday asked an appeals court to keep records about his conversations and actions before and during the deadly January 6 Capitol riot by a mob of his supporters away from congressional investigators.
The Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit heard oral arguments in Trump's appeal of a judge's decision that the White House records should be released to a congressional committee.
At the start of the hearing, which is ongoing, the three judges on the panel questioned Trump lawyer Jesse Binnall over whether courts even have jurisdiction to hear the former president's claims.
"All three branches of government have acknowledged there is a right of former presidents to challenge the designation and release of presidential records," Binnall responded.
The House of Representatives select committee investigating the riot has asked the National Archives, the agency housing Trump's White House records, to produce visitor logs, phone records and written communications between his advisers. The panel has said it needs the records to understand any role Trump may have played in...
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