Supreme Court Rules Trump Cannot Shield Jan. 6 Documents From Congress

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🗓️ 20 January 2022

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

The court ruled that the former president cannot block the release of 800 pages of his records to the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection. The panel also asked Ivanka Trump, Trump's daughter and a former presidential adviser, to testify, and a request for former Vice President Mike Pence could be on the way, signaling that the investigation is getting closer to Trump's inner circle.

This episode: White House correspondent Asma Khalid, congressional correspondent Claudia Grisales, and justice correspondent Ryan Lucas.

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Brennan Sweeney in Greenwood, Indiana.
0:02.6	Ha, another Hoosher.
0:04.0	I just finished with my team, playing our first game of Ultimate Frisbee in our 2022 league.
0:09.3	Last time we played in Ultimate Frisbee League, our season was canceled early,
0:13.1	because of a strange, growing pandemic.
0:16.0	This podcast was recorded at...
0:18.0	107 Eastern Time on Thursday, January 20th.
0:21.7	Things may have changed by the time you hear this.
0:24.0	Go breakfast cereal theme team!
0:26.1	Count Huckula!
0:31.9	Things may have changed, but that strange, growing pandemic is still here.
0:35.9	Yeah, true.
0:37.0	Right?
0:38.0	I know not to start this plot in a depressing note.
0:42.7	Anyhow, hey there, it's the NPR Politics podcast.
0:46.4	I'm West Makhallid, I cover the White House.
0:48.4	I'm Claudie D'Saulis, I cover Congress.
0:50.5	I'm Ryan Lucas, I cover the Justice Department.
0:52.3	Former President Donald Trump has been trying to block the release of some of his White House records
0:58.2	surrounding the January 6th attack on the Capitol, but last night, the Supreme Court rejected
1:03.7	a request from the former president, effectively paving the way for the release of some
1:07.8	800 pages of documents to the January 6th Committee investigating the attack.
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