NEW: Supreme Court paves way for Trump White House document review by Jan. 6 committee.
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The Supreme Court on Wednesday denied former President Donald Trump's request for a stay of a lower court mandate that hundreds of pages of his presidential records from Jan. 6 be turned over to the congressional committee investigating the attacks.Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images In this file photo taken on January 12, 2021 US President Donald Trump boards Air Force One before departing Harlingen, Texas. - The US Secret Service arrested a 72-year-old man in New York on January 10, 2022 after he allegedly phoned them threatening to kill ex-president Donald Trump, a criminal indictment showed.
"The decision of the court below substantially expands congressional power," Trump's attorneys had told the court in their petition for review. "The Constitution, this Court’s precedent, and the Presidential Records Act prevent two politically-aligned branches of government from wielding unfettered power to undermine the Presidency and our Republic," the attorneys wrote."This Court should grant certiorari to ensure unlawful exercises of congressional power are checked by both reason and law.
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