Supreme Court lets committee access Trump files

A ruling by the Supreme Court means the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol can review more than 700 documents currently held by the National Archives and Records Administration. They include presidential diaries, visitor logs, speech drafts, and handwritten notes that former President Donald Trump says should be protected under executive privilege. He sued to block the documents’ release.

What did the court say? Only one justice, Clarence Thomas, signaled he would have granted Trump’s injunction, but the order did not release any additional information.

Dig deeper: Read Carolina Lumetta and Esther Eaton’s report in The Stew on the ongoing search for accountability one year after the riot.