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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

US Supreme Court Rejects Trump Bid to Block Capitol Attack Document Release

File Photo: Former US president Donald Trump is to hold a news conference in Mar-a-Lago on January 6, 2022. (AFP)

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a bid by former president Donald Trump to block the release to a congressional committee of documents related to the January 6 attack on the Capitol.

Citing executive privilege, Trump had sought to prevent the records held by the National Archives from being given to the panel investigating the assault on Congress by his supporters, AFP said.

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