Trump late on Monday night had asked Judge Tanya Chutkan of the DC District Court to block the records from being handed over to the House select committee investigating January 6 while he continues to fight in court. But the federal judge ruled that she wouldn't let the ex-President get ahead of her then-forthcoming decision. His request and the judge's response amount to an odd blip in a historic case about the power of a former president. Effectively, Trump's request for an emergency injunction was an attempt to get ahead of Chutkan's ruling before it happened. In denying Trump's request, Chutkan called Trump's Monday filing "premature" and said she planned to rule "expeditiously" on his case.

Source: CNN November 10, 2021 05:49 UTC