JUST IN: Donald Trump has filed a lawsuit in DC District Court against the House January 6 Committee

[riversedge]

my goodness. What is Trumpy hiding now!!


JUST IN: Donald Trump has filed a lawsuit in DC District Court against the House January 6 Committee and the National Archives, as he seeks to keep secret records from his presidency by claiming executive privilege.
via/ @kpolantz

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[spanone]

1. Well, he did work for Russia for four years.

[rsdsharp]

2. That was just his government work for them.

His Russian money laundering goes back decades.

[elleng]

3. EVERYTHING, of course.

[lagomorph777]

4. Scared little yellow snowflake.

[C_U_L8R]

5. Make him pay our costs when he loses.

[Lovie777]

6. shithole is a happy suing jerk . . ..

that's basically all he does while not paying people and spewing lies and hatred.

[malaise]

7. This won't stop that criminal contempt referral for Bannon tomorrow

Would you shut up Man! Just go afuckingway

[joetheman]

8. The GOP can find more ways to waste money instead of just paying their fucking taxes! nt

[Fiendish Thingy]

9. I wish Biden would stroll over to the archives with a flash drive

And just access the database himself, then release the files to the committee and the press simultaneously.

Let SCOTUS try and stop him.

[Walleye]

15. That sounds like something Truman might've done

[Shermann]

16. Or leak it to WikiLeaks

We'll see if Trump still loves WikiLeaks after that.

[onethatcares]

24. and President Biden

can claim executive privilege.

Works for me..

[Fiendish Thingy]

10. I guess we're about to find out if a former president has more power than a sitting president. Nt

[bucolic_frolic]

11. Is treason a State secret?

The absurdities roll on.

[sop]

12. Let's see how long he can drag this out.

[FalloutShelter]

21. As long as there is a lawyer that will take a

Dollar from him. He will keep delaying.
I would like to see the bar assn. outlaw taking his dollar.

Of course, I jest.

[erronis]

29. You mean "a lawyer who'll take an IOU from trumpovitch" Plenty of fools out there.

[luv2fly]

22. I wish we had a choice

Sadly we don't, we have to just wait.

and wait,

and f'in wait...

Don't know about all of you but I am tired of waiting. Very tired indeed.

[Baked Potato]

13. Free the Mueller Report! Nt

[Fullduplexxx]

14. Here are go again ... he gets to run every petty greivance through the courts

[budkin]

23. Courts that he filled and will protect him

Ending with SCOTUS.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

17. This lawsuit was filed by four person firm that is very weak

At least this firm is not in a strip mall in New Jersey.. I have never seen parliamentarian being listed a legal specialty

I am not impressed with this lawsuit. TFG is not POTUS and the Presidential Records Act is not unconstitutional simply because TFG does not like it

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

[mobeau69]

18. Writer should have said "...as he seeks to keep records of his presidency secret."

Too much piss poor writing these days.

[ashredux]

19. Who are the lawyers he would work with Trump today?

Who are the lawyers he would work with Trump today?

They cannot be the top tier, really good, actually know what they’re doing, attorneys

He never pays his bills!!

[lastlib]

28. Ambulance chasers out to make a buck from TFG.......

Won't they be surprised--when he never pays them? heehee

[Kid Berwyn]

20. USA never signed an NDA with the Unstable Moron.

Hoping to reset Congress in 2022, he wastes our time, again.

Dimmented Donnie really is going to get locked up.

[gratuitous]

25. Conclusion: He's hiding something

I don't think he has standing to sue over a claim of executive privilege, which he ain't got no more anyway.

[onenote]

43. Supreme Court precedent says he has standing. Its up to the court to decide the merits of his claim.

Nixon v. GSA:

"it is argued, such claims may be asserted only by incumbents who are presently responsible to the American people for their action. We reject the argument that only an incumbent President may assert such claims, and hold that appellant, as a former President, may also be heard to assert them."

The Court went on to say:"we think that the Solicitor General states the sounder view, and we adopt it:

"This Court held in United States v. Nixon . . . that the privilege is necessary to provide the confidentiality required for the President's conduct of office. Unless he can give his advisers some assurance of confidentiality, a President could not expect to receive the full and frank submissions of facts and opinions upon which effective discharge of his duties depends. The confidentiality necessary to this exchange cannot be measured by the few months or years between the submission of the information and the end of the President's tenure; the privilege is not for the benefit of the President as an individual, but for the benefit of the Republic. Therefore the privilege survives the individual President's tenure."

Ultimately, as that case makes clear, where the incumbent president disagrees with the former president, the incumbent's views as to whether the privilege is appropriate are entitled to great weight. But it simply is wrong -- clearly -- to say that Trump cannot assert executive privilege. The courts may (and should) reject that claim, but not on the grounds that he has no standing to make it.

[monkeyman1]

26. ya'can have want in one hand & shit in the other , what ya' got then ?

[mtngirl47]

27. Delaying tactic

He wants to run out the clock because he hopes the republicans will take over the House in 2022

[WestMichRad]

33. This!! Nt

[Maggiemayhem]

36. THIS

[Tatertot]

30. The supreme court

Has already unanimously ruled that executive privilege cannot be used to shield an illegal act in a criminal trial. United States v Nixon 1974. Seems like a small stretch to have it cover a congressional inquiry into criminal acts

[bluestarone]

31. Maybe just another time these lawyers are just LOOKING LIKE they are doing something?

Just to keep TFG from EXPLODING?

[Snackshack]

32. Why not....

Since he can... which I don't understand how he is even able to do this. These are not his documents. He is no longer President how is he even allowed to claim EP? No matter this will take a year or more and by then since the Dems cant seem to pass anything as the majority they will lose the house with no voting rights legislation passed. The GOP will take back the house in midterms and this committee will be ended.

[BlueJac]

34. They should toss it out!

[dchill]

35. Don't know why, but the headline made me laugh out loud.

[Fortinbras Armstrong]

37. As Trtump is not the president, he cannot claim executive privilege.

It really is as simple as that.

His pleading amounts to "I don't want these papers released to Congress". To which any decent judge would say, "Tough noogies".

[onenote]

42. So this Supreme Court precedent doesn't exist?

Nixon v. GSA:

"it is argued, such claims may be asserted only by incumbents who are presently responsible to the American people for their action. We reject the argument that only an incumbent President may assert such claims, and hold that appellant, as a former President, may also be heard to assert them."

The Court went on to say:"we think that the Solicitor General states the sounder view, and we adopt it:

"This Court held in United States v. Nixon . . . that the privilege is necessary to provide the confidentiality required for the President's conduct of office. Unless he can give his advisers some assurance of confidentiality, a President could not expect to receive the full and frank submissions of facts and opinions upon which effective discharge of his duties depends. The confidentiality necessary to this exchange cannot be measured by the few months or years between the submission of the information and the end of the President's tenure; the privilege is not for the benefit of the President as an individual, but for the benefit of the Republic. Therefore the privilege survives the individual President's tenure."

Ultimately, as that case makes clear, where the incumbent president disagrees with the former president, the incumbent's views as to whether the privilege is appropriate are entitled to great weight. But it simply is wrong -- clearly -- to say that Trump cannot assert executive privilege. The courts may (and should) reject that claim, but not on the grounds that he has no standing to make it.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

38. Delusional Donny's used to getting his own way.

Not this time orange blob.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

39. TFG acknowledges that he's "a former President."

Link to tweet

[rickford66]

40. Don't lawsuits involve discovery ?

[onenote]

44. If necessary. Not clear what discovery would be necessary here.

[kentuck]

45. Wouldn't they have to decide whether or not a former president has executive privilege?

Or that his claim of "executive privilege" would outrank the present Commander-in-Chief in the White House?

How tough would that be?

[onenote]

46. That's a legal question. No need for factual discovery to resolve.

[Liberal In Texas]

41. The Trump business model.

Keep filing lawsuits to throw sand in the face of his "enemies" and to delay any accountability until the other side gives up or the issue becomes moot.