Thu Oct 21, 2021 – 10:48 am EDTThu Oct 21, 2021 – 10:48 am EDT
WASHINGTON (LifeSiteNews) — Former President Donald Trump filed a federal lawsuit Monday in a bid to block the House of Representatives’ January 6 committee from obtaining documents from his administration, calling the request a “vexatious, illegal fishing expedition” which is “untethered from any legitimate legislative purpose.”
The former president argued that the request to comb through records of his administration is “almost limitless in scope” and violates executive privilege.
Trump has named the House select committee investigating the events of January 6, its chairman Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS), the National Archives, and national archivist David Ferriero in the lawsuit.
The legal challenge asks the D.C. District Court to issue an injunction preventing Congress from obtaining the documents, which include internal staff communications and officials’ social media posts, until the records are identified and presented for review by Trump’s team, Politico reported.
“The Committee’s request amounts to nothing less than a vexatious, illegal fishing expedition openly endorsed by Biden and designed to unconstitutionally investigate President Trump and his administration,” the lawsuit states, according to The Wall Street Journal. “Our laws do not
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