Appeals Court Denies President Trump Effort to Keep White House Records Away From Jan. 6 Committee

A federal appeals court panel has thrown out President Donald Trump’s effort to stop congressional Jan. 6 investigators from obtaining his White House records. The unanimous 68-page opinion from the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia describes the urgent national interest in an investigation of an attack that threatened the peaceful transfer of power from Trump to Joe Biden. And it directly connects the chaos of that day to Trump’s own statements calling for a “wild” protest in Washington and urging supporters to march on the Capitol and “fight.” “The January 6th Committee has … demonstrated…