A judge blocked Trump's emergency request to stop January 6 investigators from getting his records

• Donald Trump is suing to stop the National Archives from getting White House records.
• On Monday night, he tried to get a judge to make her own undecided ruling unenforceable.

A federal judge on Tuesday morning denied an unusual attempt from former president Donald Trump to block Congressional investigators from obtaining White House records, deciding his legal motion was "premature."

On Monday night, Trump filed an emergency motion to stay Judge Tanya Chutkin's still-undecided decision until he could appeal the case.

In essence, rather than waiting for Chutkin to issue her decision and then ask an appeals court to block it, he asked the judge to make her own ruling unenforceable before she even made up her mind.

Chutkin heard arguments from Trump's attorneys and Congressional lawyers last week. The House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection had asked the National Archives for records related to Trump's effort to overturn the 2020 election results. Trump wants to block the National Archives from giving Congress about 750 pages of files from former top administration officials like Mark Meadows, Stephen Miller, and Patrick Philbin, according to Politico.

The judge is still weighing whether to grant Trump's request to block the records. According to Politico, Chutkin was skeptical about the basis for Trump asserting executive privilege over the documents, since he is no longer president. President Joe Biden declined to assert executive privilege over the files, and the National Archives intends to give investigators the files on Friday unless a court blocks them from doing so.

Chutkin's Tuesday morning order indicated she would decide on the matter soon.

"The court intends to rule expeditiously in this matter, and will consider a [motion] for a stay from the non-prevailing party following its ruling," she wrote.

Congressional investigators have kept busy in the meantime. On Monday, the committee issued subpoenas to six Trump advisors, including Michael Flynn, Bill Stepien, Jason Miller, and John Eastman.