Biden White House leans toward releasing information about Trump and Jan. 6 attack, setting off lega

[WiseElder]

Source: Washington Post

The White House is leaning toward releasing information to Congress about what Donald Trump and his aides were doing during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol despite the former president’s objections — a decision that could have significant political and legal ramifications.

Trump has said he will cite “executive privilege” to block information requests from the House select committee investigating the events of that day, banking on a legal theory that has successfully allowed presidents and their aides to avoid or delay congressional scrutiny for decades, including during the Trump administration.

But President Biden’s White House plans to err on the side of disclosure given the gravity of the events of Jan. 6, according to two people familiar with discussions who, like others, spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe the private discussions.

In response to questions about White House deliberations over what information to release, Biden spokesman Michael J. Gwin said the president views the attack on the Capitol as “a dark stain on our country’s history” and is “deeply committed to ensuring that something like that can never happen again, and he supports a thorough investigation.”

Members of the investigative committee argue that Trump no longer enjoys the protection of executive privilege, encouraging the White House to push aside institutional concerns about sharing information with Congress and aid the panel in an investigation focused on what Democrats and a handful of Republicans have called an assault on democracy.

“It’s not really relevant because there’s no president involved — there’s no such thing as a former president’s executive privilege,” said Rep. Jamie B. Raskin (D-Md.), a committee member who teaches constitutional law. “That’s extremely dilute and not really relevant.”

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[LetMyPeopleVote]

1. Yeah

Link to tweet

[PoliticAverse]

2. Do or do not, there is no "lean". n/t

[Champp]

13. Yoda says no leaning? Damn.

[Drunken Irishman]

3. Do iiiit

[tonekat]

4. I can't wait until the only privilege

...that trump has is whether to eat the slop they will throw at him in prison or go buy a can of mackerel at the commissary for his consumption.

[ananda]

5. "Err" against treason and sedition?

I don't think so.

[TheProle]

6. The American people deserve the truth

and transparency on this.

This is not some nuanced, procedural fuckery. This is potentially active coordination of an insurrection, and it demands full disclosure.

[Mr.Bill]

7. Trump will take this to the courts.

The Supreme Court will have a decision in June of 2027.

[stillcool]

11. there you go

especially with Clarence Thomas's wife involved.

[Mad_Machine76]

24. Yeah

no middle of the night one paragraph shadow docket ruling on this

[rsdsharp]

8. Donnie, you no longer HAVE executive privilege.

Even if you did, US v. Nixon held that executive privilege doesn’t apply to criminal activity.

[Horse with no Name]

9. Well nothing is classified if the current POTUS

Doesn’t wish for it to be. One of the reasons nobody made a fuss when trump disclosed top secret stuff to Russia.

[LiberalFighter]

10. If there was executive privilege it doesn't cover criminal activities.

[Champp]

12. Here's what America needs to do about the Republican traitors

[Budi]

14. K & R & Thank You President Joe Biden

Release it & stop the Media lies & coverup.

This is also necessary for History to forever Tell the Truth of 1/6/2021. , thanks biden.

[SWBTATTReg]

15. With the mere fact that rump is attempting to claim exec. privilege, after the fact (no longer

in office, privilege no longer is applicable), what is rump hiding? This is further proof that he was indeed up to something nefarious, thus, indeed guilty of attempting to cause an insurrection to prevent Congress from performing their duties in certifying Pres. Biden's victory.

[MissMillie]

17. the only thing TFG did between 11/3/20 and 1/6/21...

...(other than pardon a few crooked cronies) was incite a riot.

[MissMillie]

16. Sunlight is the best disinfectant

If anything needed some sanitizing, it would be 1/6/21

[Bengus81]

18. Release it all. Release the news about Steve Bannon

Then let's see if those six month wrist slap sentences are still good enough for many on DU. Get fucking real...IT was a planned take over of our Country not a merely tourism gone bad.

[Deuxcents]

19. Just do it

And hurry up about it.

[Progressive Jones]

20. I'd like the WH to go directly to the public with this info. nt

[Bernardo de La Paz]

21. 45th rec. 45 to knock down #45. . . . nt

[Talitha]

22. "...err on the side of disclosure" JUST DO IT!!!!!

[Blue Owl]

23. Do it do it do it do it do it...

NOW!