a federal judge yesterday appears poised to deny donald trump s request to block the release of the white house documents. on the grounds of executive privilege, to stop a wide-ranging set of documents from being turned over by the november 12 deadline. trump s lawyers argue in addition to the documents, the committee s request is invalid because it can only seek material directly related to writing ledge lags. the district judge said are you saying the president s notes, talking points and records of telephone conversations on january 6 have no bearing on the investigation? these are about who the president was talking to as people were breaking windows and climbing into the capitol. suggesting some of the requests did appear to be too broad. the judge said she would be in a better position, quote, if the