On Thursday, a US federal appeals court temporarily halted the publication of White House papers sought by a US House committee investigating the January 6 uprising, granting — for the time being — a request from former President Donald Trump.

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has issued an administrative injunction that effectively prevents the release of records that were supposed to be turned over on Friday until the end of this month. The appeals court has scheduled oral arguments for November 30.

The delay allows the court time to weigh arguments in a pivotal dispute between the former president's supporters, who stormed the Capitol on January 6, and US President Joe Biden and Congress, who have demanded a full investigation into the violence. It prevents a House committee from scrutinizing records that lawmakers believe could shed light on the events leading up to the insurgency and Trump's attempts to delegitimize a lost election.

The documents are said to include call logs, handwritten notes, and a draft executive order on "election integrity," according to the National Archives.

On the materials, Biden waived executive privilege. Trump then took the case to court, claiming that as a former president, he still had the right to exercise executive privilege over the records and that disclosing them would jeopardize the presidency's future.

"Presidents are not kings, and Plaintiff is not President," said US District Judge Tanya Chutkan on Tuesday, dismissing those arguments. On Wednesday, she refused Trump's emergency move once more.