Biden does not plan to shield Trump docs in Jan. 6 probe
Source: The Hill
President Biden has determined that he does not plan to assert executive privilege to shield Trump-era documents sought by the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Friday.
We take this matter incredibly seriously. The president has already concluded that it would not be appropriate to assert executive privilege and so we will respond promptly to these questions as they arise and certainly as they come up from Congress, Psaki told reporters during a press briefing Friday afternoon.
We have been working closely with congressional committees and others as they work to get to the bottom of what happened on Jan. 6, an incredibly dark day in our democracy, she said.
Psaki said later that she was speaking to the principle with which the Biden White House is approaching the investigation. Asked whether there was anything the White House would not turn over, she declined to address a hypothetical. Its an eye to not exerting executive privilege, Psaki said. Some of this is predicting what we dont know yet, but that is certainly his overarching view.
Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/573872-biden-does-not-plan-to-shield-trump-docs-in-jan-6-probe
The developments are likely to anger former President Trump, who has derided the House select committee's Jan. 6 investigation.
monkeyman1
(5,109 posts)left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)monkeyman1
(5,109 posts)Tarc
(10,476 posts)not a President as an individual. At times, they take a cautious approach to these things as they fear the same thing happing to them by a future president.
I applaud President Biden 100% here, as he is doing the right thing, and not giving in to the temptation to do the cautious thing.
soldierant
(6,847 posts)C Moon
(12,212 posts)tavernier
(12,381 posts)He has sued the people who have unsuccessfully removed the mounds of fat from his butt and belly, made his suits look like the Banana man on Captain Kangaroo, styled and colored his hair like Michael Meyers from the Halloween movie, and sprayed his face with organic baby shit.
So Biden making him look like a loser isnt really that big of a deal, considering the tennis photos, lol.
riversedge
(70,197 posts)Fortinbras Armstrong
(4,473 posts)Executive privilege. He'll say that executive privilege lasts forever.
halfulglas
(1,654 posts)Get it in before Trump's lawyers file their delaying suits.
Champp
(2,114 posts)Pick up the pace. Do it now, before the Sun sets.
tonekat
(1,814 posts)I gotta say, every day I lose confidence in the results of future elections.
SayItLoud
(1,702 posts)the investigation will be quashed. The rePUKES are going to drag these documents through the courts for years.
Mz Pip
(27,439 posts)And let the chips fall where they may.
No more diddling around.
FakeNoose
(32,634 posts)There's no reason for Biden to hold anything back. Let's drag all of Chump's dirty laundry out into the open. And let's do this quickly!
Kid Berwyn
(14,887 posts)Pretzeldental paperwork will show Putins Puppet is the demented moronic traitor his actions prove he is.
ck4829
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Very good news.