The White House said records sought in Capitol riot litigation are "clearly constitutionally protected."

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Trump has asserted executive privilege over more than 4,100 documents, along with other evidence from police and lawmakers suing him over the Jan. 6 riot, in a long-running lawsuit that accuses him of stoking violence at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

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Trump has asserted executive privilege over more than 4,100 documents, along with other evidence from police and lawmakers suing him over the Jan. 6 riot, in a long-running lawsuit that accuses him of stoking violence at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

www.politico.com/news/2025/12...

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Trump asserts executive privilege to thwart Jan. 6 lawsuit

The White House said records sought in Capitol riot litigation are “clearly constitutionally protected.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/03/trump-executive-privilege-jan-6-lawsuit-00676383

By Josh Gerstein and Kyle Cheney12/03/2025 09:19 PM EST


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Trump’s decision to assert privilege adds to a concerted push to rewrite the story of his bid to subvert the 2020 election. Trump pardoned and ended the criminal cases of more than 1,500 people charged for their role in Jan. 6, and last month he issued a sweeping pardon for prominent allies who faced legal scrutiny for their part in the effort. In recent months, Trump has routinely promoted false and inflammatory claims that the FBI intentionally ignited the mayhem at the Capitol.

It’s unclear precisely which records Trump is attempting to keep out of the hands of the plaintiffs in the Jan. 6 lawsuit. However, a White House spokesperson confirmed Wednesday that the president has decided to fight disclosure of some material subpoenaed from the National Archives and Records Administration last year.

“The President asserted executive privilege over the discovery requests in this case because the overly broad requests demanded documents that were either presidential communications or communications among the president’s staff that are clearly constitutionally protected from discovery,” the spokesperson, Abigail Jackson, said in a statement.

Attorneys for the police officers have complained about protracted delays in accessing White House records from Trump’s first term now in the custody of the National Archives. The Biden White House routinely waived executive privilege in order to aid investigators’ requests for Trump’s records, but did not respond to the lawsuit-related request before Biden left office in January 2025........................