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The White House has ordered presidential record keepers to release a trove of Trump-era documents to the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, arguing unique circumstances compel their disclosure.
White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Friday the administration would back the committee's sweeping efforts.
"As a part of this process, the president has determined an assertion of executive privilege is not warranted for the first set of documents from the Trump White House that have been provided to us by the National Archives," Psaki said.
"This is just the first set of documents, and we will evaluate claims of privilege on a case by case basis, but the president has also been clear he believes it to be of the utmost importance for both Congress and the American people to have a complete understanding of the events of that day to prevent them from happening again."
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/575986-white-house-orders-release-of-trump-records-to-jan-6-committee?amp&__twitter_impression=true
MyOwnPeace
(16,926 posts)that Joe & Jen have to eat about a dozen lemons each when they explain that decision - how else would they keep that wonderful sly grin off of their faces!
Mary in S. Carolina
(1,364 posts)I love Joe Biden!!!!! Like I said "he is bad ass and not playing"
AZSkiffyGeek
(11,011 posts)moondust
(19,979 posts)computer system that TFG used to hide stuff like details of his phone call with Zelensky? Or was all that deleted?
https://www.npr.org/2019/09/27/764759182/former-officials-say-white-houses-use-of-secret-system-is-unusual-disturbing
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/white-house-transcript-ukraine-what-to-know-about-the-secret-computer-system-in-white-house-presidents-calls/