Arizona GOP leader wins temporary halt to record turnover

WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court justice Elena Kagan is temporarily blocking the turnover of phone records belonging to the leader of the Arizona Republican Party to the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Kagan’s order Wednesday evening pauses anything from happening while an emergency appeal by GOP state chair Kelli Ward is under consideration by the high court. Ward asked Kagan, who handles emergency appeals involving the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, to put a lower court’s ruling that the records should be turned over on hold. Kagan did so temporarily Wednesday, saying the records should not be released for now. Kagan gave the House committee until Friday evening to respond to Ward’s Supreme Court filing.