So much for Donald Trump’s attempt at delaying the National Archives from releasing the January 6th evidence against him
Donald Trump knows full well that the National Archives will end up releasing the January 6th evidence that it’s been holding against him. He’s just been hoping to delay it for as long as possible. The doomsday pundits have insisted that Trump will magically be able to drag this out until after the midterms. But reality is painting a different picture.
After the Biden administration (predictably) refused to block the release of the records, Trump filed suit in court. He was hoping that the hearing would take forever to happen, but citing the importance of the matter, the courts are holding the hearing this Thursday.
Perhaps more importantly, the National Archives is now confirming that it’ll turn over the evidence at the end of next week unless the courts order it not to. So it’s no longer enough for Trump to go into court on Thursday and find a way to delay the hearings on some technicality; he now has to convince the courts to issue a preliminary injunction against the National Archives. This could happen, but the odds of it are pretty small, given that Trump has no legal case to begin with.
Trump is on his way to losing this battle rather rapidly, in comparison to how slowly the courts usually move. This means the January 6th Committee is likely to have this evidence in hand within about ten days.
