OnPolitics: Trump tries to block Jan. 6 document release (again)

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Federal prosecutors have asked that Jake Angeli, the Arizona man who gained infamy by taking part in the Jan. 6 raid on the U.S. Capitol with a painted face and wearing a fur hat with horns, be imprisoned for 51 months.

An attorney representing Angeli, on the other hand, asked that he be released after his sentencing hearing, scheduled for Nov. 17, arguing that the more than 300 days he would have already served in custody would be adequate punishment.

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Another Jan. 6 sentencing: A New Jersey man, the first to admit to assaulting an officer during the attack on the U.S. Capitol, received a sentence of 41 months on Wednesday. It's the longest sentence received by a rioter who sought to keep President Donald Trump in power on Jan. 6.

Scott Fairlamb's sentence also marks the first among over 210 people charged with assaulting, impeding or resisting police officers during the Capitol riot.

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Trump appeals after judge refuses to withhold records from Jan. 6 committee
Former President Donald Trump immediately appealed Wednesday after a federal judge rejected his request late Tuesday to block the release of documents to the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection.

U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan declined to issue a preliminary injunction sought by Trump’s lawyers. Chutkan said President Joe Biden was “best positioned” to determine whether to waive executive privilege on documents sought by the House.

“At bottom, this is a dispute between a former and incumbent President,” Chutkan wrote. “And the Supreme Court has already made clear that in such circumstances, the incumbent’s view is accorded greater weight.”

"Presidents are not kings": She ruled that Trump was unlikely to succeed in the case or suffer irreparable harm from the release of the documents.

Trump “does not acknowledge the deference owed” to Biden’s judgment as the current president, Chutkan said. However, she added, “Presidents are not kings, and Plaintiff is not President.”

Trump's lawyer, Jesse Binnall, appealed to the D.C. Circuit Court of of Appeals, arguing that the National Archives and Records Administration would release the documents Friday if not blocked. The case is likely to reach the Supreme Court.

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USPS unveils new electric mail trucks
Congress is trying to deliver an oversize package to the U.S. postal service: roughly $6 billion to accelerate the electrification of the agency's fleet by the end of the decade.

The money, tucked into the Democrats' Build Back Better bill of social spending programs being negotiated in Congress, would represent the most ambitious step to de-carbonize the federal fleet to date and provide an important down payment on President Joe Biden's efforts to confront climate change.

Transportation contributes 29% of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, more than any other sector, and gas-guzzling postal service trucks – some more than 30 years old – comprise nearly one of every three vehicles operated by the federal government outside the Pentagon.

New trucks on the block: The new trucks – as many as 165,000 – will be larger, more suited for the USPS's transition from a letter-centric agency to one focused on parcels to adjust to shifting economic trends. Dubbed "Next Generation Delivery Vehicles," projected to start hitting neighborhood streets in 2023.

The $6 billion in the Build Back Better plan would help speed up production of the mail trucks.

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