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Trump's executive privilege claim in Capitol riot case gets Nov. 4 hearing

Jan Wolfe and Doina Chiacu
Updated ·1-min read
Former U.S. President Donald Trump attends a rally in Perry

By Jan Wolfe and Doina Chiacu

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. judge will consider on Nov. 4 former President Donald Trump's claim of executive privilege in response to a document request from a congressional panel investigating the Jan. 6 attack at the U.S. Capitol.

Trump on Monday sued the Jan. 6 Select Committee, alleging members made an illegal request for his White House records as part of their investigation.

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In a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, Trump asserted that materials sought by the House of Representatives committee are covered by a legal doctrine known as executive privilege, which protects the confidentiality of some White House communications.

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U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan, who was designated by random assignment to hear the lawsuit, on Friday signed off an agreement by Trump and the committee to expedite the case for a Nov. 4 oral argument.

(Reporting by Jan Wolfe and Doina Chiacu; editing by Philippa Fletcher)