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NARA also turned over records from former Vice President Mike
Pence, meeting a March 3 deadline.
"Yesterday, the Select Committee received additional production
of records from the National Archives," a House of
Representatives Select Committee aide said. "This included
records that the former President attempted to keep hidden
behind claims of privilege."
Trump had tried to block the release of the visitor logs, but
President Joe Biden rejected his claim that they were subject to
executive privilege, "in light of the urgency" of the
committee's work and Congress' "compelling need."
Several courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court, have also
ruled against the Republican ex-president's efforts to block the
release of various records to the committee.
So far, more than 725 people have been charged with playing a
role in the attack on the Capitol by mobs of Trump supporters,
which left five people dead and more than 100 police officers
injured. Another four police officers involved in defending the
Capitol later committed suicide.
The Jan. 6 committee has been investigating the events
surrounding the attack - and the former president's role in it -
for more than seven months. It has made more than 80 subpoenas
public, including many issued to top Trump aides and allies, and
interviewed more than 560 witnesses.
It has also gathered records from social media and other
telecommunications firms.
(Reporting by Patricia Zengerle; Editing by Mark Porter)
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