Trump Files Lawsuit to Prevent Disclosure of Documents Related to Capitol Riot Investigation

U.S. media reported that former President Donald Trump has filed a lawsuit to prevent the release of documents requested by the House committee investigating the January 6 attack on the Capitol building. Trump's lawyer, Jesse Binnall, filed the lawsuit against the committee and the National Archives in a federal court in Washington on Monday, according to media outlets including The New York Times, which published court documents. Trump insists on invoking executive privilege, a right for a sitting president to withhold certain information from Congress or the courts. The White House stated that the current President Joe Biden will not stop the transfer of documents from the National Archives to the congressional committee. Trump's lawsuit claims that the congressional committee's request for the documents is "illegal and without merit and excessive." Trump is accused of inciting his supporters to storm the U.S. Capitol on January 6. The riots followed his unproven claims of voter fraud in the presidential election he lost to Biden. The Democratic-controlled House committee is investigating the circumstances surrounding the attack on the Capitol.