What's next in Trump's scramble to stop the House from getting his White House docs

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What's next in Trump's scramble to stop the House from getting his White House docs
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Former President Donald Trump got a last-minute reprieve to stop the House select committee investigating January 6 from obtaining his White House documents as scheduled on Friday. Here's what to know.

A three-judge panel from the DC Circuit Court of Appeals, all appointed by Democrats, put the transfer on hold Thursday and set oral arguments for later this month.Here's what to know:What the House wantsThe House select committee, which is probing the events leading up to and on January 6, has sent requests for information to a number of federal agencies, including the National Archives, the custodian of the Trump administration's White House records.

In a two-page order, the three judges on the panel, all nominated by Democrats, wrote,"The purpose of this administrative injunction is to protect the court's jurisdiction to address appellant's claims of executive privilege and should not be construed in any way as a ruling on the merits."Did you say all Democrats?Yes.

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