The former US President Donald Trump stated that executive privilege covered the records. Hence, there is no question of tampering with them.
The current investigation is trying to figure out if Trump possessed prior knowledge of the violent riots.
On the same day that 10 Trump administration officials were served with legal subpoenas to testify before Congress, a federal court ruled in their favor.
On January 6, hundreds of Mr Trump’s supporters rushed the Capitol building and disrupted President Joe Biden’s official inauguration celebration.
The House of Representatives Select Committee has issued a subpoena for a range of White House documents that might help explain the events leading up to the assault on Congress.
An injunction was sought by the former president to keep the papers secret.
The National Archives, the government agency that holds Mr Trump’s White House records, will now have to comply with the panel’s request after a federal judge ruled on Tuesday.
According to Judge Chutkan, Mr. Trump made a request for a preliminary injunction was based on the assumption of the existence of his powers forever.
“But Presidents are not royalty, and Plaintiff is not the president,” she asserted in the 39-page decision. The legal dispute is expected to end up with the Supreme Court.
In the past two days, 16 of Mr Trump’s closest assistants have been subpoenaed.
Kayleigh McEnany, the White House press secretary, Stephen Miller, who was Mr Trump’s top adviser, Bill Stepien, campaign manager Mark Meadows, former White House chief of staff Michael Flynn, and Michael T. Flynn are just a few of them.
The chairperson of the House Select Committee and the Mississippi Democrat, Bennie Thompson, has expressed his desire to gain every bit of information about the violence that took place on January 6 this year.
According to the protocol, the committee wants the witnesses to “commit fully.” The commission has already subpoenaed Dan Scavino, the former deputy chief of staff, and Steve Bannon, a former Trump strategist.
Mr Bannon denied work in accordance with the subpoena and he was declared guilty for the contempt of Congress. After the Capital riot, Donald Trump faced impeachment by Congress.
In the case of the deadly event, over 670 people have been put behind the bars for invading the Capital Complex.
