Trump Sues to Stop January 6 Committee Record Requests

Donald Trump filed a lawsuit on Monday in his capacity as 45th President of the United States to stop the House of Representatives’ select committee on the events of January 6th from obtaining records from his administration — requests his lawyers say are unconstitutional, unprecedented, and politically motivated.

Filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, Trump’s lawsuit names four parties as defendants: January 6th committee chairman Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS), the January 6th committee itself, Archivist of the United States David Ferriero, and the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).

The complaint states that the January 6th committee “has decided to harass President Trump and senior members of his administration (among others) by sending an illegal, unfounded, and overbroad records request to the Archivist of the United States,” a request that is “limitless in scope” seeking “records with no reasonable connection” to the events of January 6th.