White House formally rejects Trump's request to protect specific documents from being given to Janua

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White House formally rejects Trump's request to protect specific documents from being given to January 6 investigators



White House formally rejects Trump's request to protect specific documents from being given to January 6 investigators


Updated 6:48 PM ET, Wed October 13, 2021


(CNN)The White House formally rejected the latest request by former President Donald Trump to assert executive privilege to shield from lawmakers a subset of documents that has been requested by the House committee investigating January 6, and set an aggressive timeline for their release.


The latest letter came after the Biden administration informed the National Archives on Friday that it would not assert executive privilege over a tranche of documents related to January 6 from the Trump White House. When the White House sent its first letter last week, the former President had not formally submitted his objections yet. The latest response from the White House counsel is more of a technicality in response to the request from Trump regarding the subset of documents, according to a person familiar, reaffirming the decision already made by President Joe Biden not to assert executive privilege.

The letter sent Friday, and released on Wednesday, from White House counsel Dana Remus to Archivist of the United States David Ferriero requests that the documents be released "30 days after your notification to the former President, absent any intervening court order."

After that decision was reported, Trump wrote to the National Archives, objecting to the release of certain documents to the committee on the grounds of executive privilege.

In the letter released Wednesday, Remus wrote: "President Biden has considered the former President's assertion, and I have engaged in additional consultations with the Office of Legal Counsel at the Department of Justice. For the same reasons described in [sic] earlier letter, the President maintains his conclusion that an assertion of executive privilege is not in the best interests of the United States, and therefore is not justified as to any of the documents provided to the White House on September 8, 2021."

"Accordingly, President Biden does not uphold the former President's assertion of privilege.".........................................................................


Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/13/politics/trump-biden-executive-privilege-january-6/index.html

[Botany]

1. "Accordingly, President Biden does not uphold the former President's assertion of privilege."

[calimary]

6. My favorite part!

[monkeyman1]

2. TFP- no executive privilege -he is a private citizen . public defender is available for defense

[onecaliberal]

3. In short, pound sand!

[The_REAL_Ecumenist]

7. OR kick rocks! Just saying... eom

[sprinkleeninow]

8. Or, go suck a lemon.

[Volaris]

9. Posts 3,7,and 8 require the unspoken ',bitch.' at the end of their responses

Ymmv.

[intheflow]

4. ...

Aw, man, that headline brought a mirthful tear to my eye!

[jalan48]

5. Way to go Joe.

[Fortinbras Armstrong]

10. Of course, Trump will sue.

He won't win in court, but he can hold things up for quite some time.

[Fullduplexxx]

11. I dont understand why the courts have to entertain his every little tantrum

[Fortinbras Armstrong]

15. Because everyone has the right to bring a lawsuit.

[bucolic_frolic]

12. Full disclosure is the only cleanser

Crime scene documents should not be squashed

[DeeNice]

13. exactly. nt