that s essentially a list of subpoenas issued. a description of each document often briefed. and then a brief characterization of why in the view of eastman that document should not be eligible for production to the january 6th select committee. once the select committee knows what documents eastman has that might be responsive to their subpoena and why he thinks those documents shouldn t be available to the select committee, then the committee can try individually to seize each separate document. it s not the quickest process in the entire world. but as we see in many other cases, some of the legal proceedings related to the january 6th select committee have still happened on a shorter time line than some people might have expected. and at the very least, this is going to give the january 6th select committee a soda straw view into out eastman was using his work email account in relation to what will he was doing in the weeks and days
the presidency continues. as this appeals court pointed out, trump s team, they really gave no real reasons why these documents shouldn t be released. only that it s trump s prerogative, they argued as the former president to keep them secret. but the court here rejected that fully, saying that the president biden s waiver of the privilege prevailed. anderson, we ll see if the supreme court even decides to take up this case. yeah. given that trump s legal arguments were so weak, according to this appeals court. anderson? appreciate it, thank you. let s get some more perspective. also joining us senior legal noah feldman. also joining us is carrie cordero and jamie began gel. so carrie, first of all, on the court ruling, was this the ruling you expected? it is, anderson.
assessment. the committee now one step closer to getting their hands on what is hundreds of payments of d documents. that includes call logs and drafts of speeches and handwritten notes. trump s team do get time to appeal this to the supreme court. however, if the court decides not to take up this case, those documents would then be released to the committee. what does the former president have to say? trump s team were quick to respond on twitter. they said they will take this to the supreme court and a spokesperson for trump said this case was always destined for the supreme court. his duty to defend the constitution and the office of the presidency continues. as this appeals court pointed out, trump s team, they really gave no real reasons why these documents shouldn t be released. only that it s trump s
white house move that s really getting a lot of attention here is to not exert executive privilege over the sensitive documents about january 6th from officials sought by congress. there s been some concern that by not exerting privilege, not protecting president trump s belief that those documents shouldn t be handed over, that it could create a precedent in the future for people to get the records from presidents, including president biden. but the white house hoping by making this narrowly about january 6th they can avoid creating that kind of a precedent in the future, lindsey. yeah, the white house saying it s way too important in this investigation for them not to hand over those documents. josh lederman, julie tsirkin, thank you. let s bring in paul butler, an msnbc legal analyst, also a professor at georgetown school of law. and also with us is democratic strategist and cofounder of purple strategist, steve mcmahon. paul, starting with you, the committee wants to take actio