Trump lawyers to Supreme Court: Jan. 6 committee ‘will not be harmed

Former President TrumpDonald TrumpSanders calls out Manchin, Sinema ahead of filibuster showdown Laura Ingraham ‘not saying’ if she’d support Trump in 2024 The Hill’s 12:30 Report: Djokovic may not compete in French Open over vaccine requirement MORE’s lawyers told the Supreme Court that the House committee probing the Jan. 6 attack would suffer no harm if the justices delayed the transfer of Trump administration records to congressional investigators.

The bold assertion came amid an ongoing legal clash between Trump and the House panel over whether a trove of records that investigators say would shed light on the deadly Capitol riot is covered by the former president’s assertion of executive privilege.

Trump’s attorneys, in their latest filing, pushed back on the committee’s claim that a protracted legal fight threatens to undermine its work.

“Respondents will not be harmed by delay,” Trump attorneys wrote, referring to the House panel. “Despite their insistence that the investigation is urgent, more than a year has passed since January 6, 2021. Years remain before the next transition of power.” 

“The Committee and the Court have time to make a swift but measured analysis of these important issues and make sure that in the rush to conduct its investigation, the Committee does not do irreparable structural damage in the process,” they added.

The Jan. 6 committee has not established a hard deadline for completing its investigation, but its chairman, Rep. Bennie ThompsonBennie Gordon ThompsonGOP’s McCarthy has little incentive to work with Jan. 6 panel GOP Rep. Katko, who voted to impeach Trump, won’t run for reelection Hillicon Valley — Tech giants hit with Jan. 6 panel subpoenas MORE (D-Miss.), has said the panel hopes to wrap up by early spring.

Trump turned to the Supreme Court last month after lower federal courts in Washington, D.C., rejected his request to halt the National Archives from disbursing the records. His attorneys have asked the justices to shield the disputed materials from disclosure while they consider his formal appeal.

In the lower federal courts, judges made quick work in rebuffing Trump’s claims. They zeroed in on President BidenJoe BidenMacro grid will keep the lights on Pelosi suggests filibuster supporters ‘dishonor’ MLK’s legacy on voting rights Sanders calls out Manchin, Sinema ahead of filibuster showdown MORE’s refusal to invoke executive privilege over Trump-era schedules, call logs, emails and other requested documents. Biden declined to do so after determining that the House panel’s needs for the records exceeded any benefit of keeping them under wraps.

The House panel, for its part, has emphasized the importance of a prompt resolution in the case.

“The Select Committee’s work is of the highest importance and urgency: investigating one of the darkest episodes in our nation’s history, a deadly assault on the United States Capitol and Congress, and an unprecedented disruption of the…