but that they may want to do so carefully. The article linked in the tweet gives a lot more info than the headline. It's unclear at this time, but the request may already be in the pipeline.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/06/politics/january-6-committee-investigation-white-house-phone-logs/index.html
The [National] Archives acknowledged to CNN that it has possession of the Trump-era call logs and other potentially relevant records from the previous administration. In March, the Archives received a letter from several House committees “requesting records related to the January 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol,” but it is unclear whether White House call logs were considered part of that specific ask. [snip]
The Biden administration has formally declined to assert executive privilege over testimony related to January 6, telling former Justice Department officials in a letter they were free to provide “unrestricted testimony,” but it remains unclear if that view also applies to records and documents from the Trump White House.
Trump can also assert executive privilege if the committee does ultimately request the records, though Biden would still have the opportunity to overrule him, according to federal regulations for presidential records managed by the National Archives. [snip]
“The [White House] Counsel’s Office conveyed to the Department that President Biden has decided that it would not be appropriate to assert executive privilege with respect to communications with former President Trump and his advisors and staff on matters related to the scope of the Committees’ proposed interviews,” Associate Deputy Attorney General Bradley Weinsheimer wrote in a letter last month.
I had to snip a lot to winnow down to four paragraphs just to address this one aspect of the article. Definitely worth clicking through to read the whole thing.
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