Trump seeking to block call logs and notes from Capitol attack panel

Ex-president sued to stop the National Archives from transmitting documents to the House committee

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Donald Trump is trying to block documents including call logs, drafts of speeches and notes from his chief of staff relating to the 6 January Capitol riot from being released to the investigating House committee, the National Archives revealed in a court filing on Saturday.

At the same time, the Washington Post reported the startling contents of an email sent by John Eastman, a conservative lawyer who advised Trump in his attempts to overturn his defeat, to an aide to Mike Pence, even as the vice-president hid from the Capitol mob, some members of which were calling for him to be hanged.