Lawyers for former President Donald Trump have already said they intend to ask the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia to keep the files private.
"The disagreement between an incumbent President and his predecessor from a rival political party highlights the importance of executive privilege," Trump lawyer Jesse Binnall said in a court filing on Monday.
Binnall said the case involves "the ability of presidents and their advisers to reliably make and receive full and frank advice, without concern that communications will be publicly released to meet a political objective."
Chutkan on Monday denied an emergency request by Trump to prevent the House committee from receiving the documents, calling the move "premature" because she hadn't yet issued a ruling in the case.
President Joe Biden has repeatedly said that executive privilege should not be invoked to block the Jan. 6 committee's document requests.
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