DOJ: Trump officials do not have Executive Privilege, zero restrictions to testify at Jan 6th hrgs

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The DOJ just released a formal opinion that former employees have ZERO restrictions in their testimony to the #January6thCommission.

No Executive Privilege.

NADA.
Trump officials can testify on former President's actions leading up to insurrection, Justice...
The Justice Department formally declined to assert executive privilege for potential testimony of at least some witnesses related to the January 6 Capitol attack, a person briefed on the matter said.
cnn.com
8:30 AM · Jul 27, 2021

https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/27/politics/doj-executive-privilege-trump-capitol-riot/index.html

The Justice Department formally declined to assert executive privilege for potential testimony of at least some witnesses related to the January 6 Capitol attack, a person briefed on the matter said.

The decision paves the way for some former Justice Department officials to testify on what they witnessed in the chaotic days between former President Donald Trump’s November election loss and early January when he tried to use the Justice Department and other means to advance false claims that he won.

Among the potential witnesses from which a special select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection is expected to seek testimony is Jeffrey Rosen, who was acting attorney general in late December and until the inauguration of President Joe Biden.

Rosen and other Justice officials were at the center of a pressure campaign by Trump and other White House officials to back his claims of vote fraud. Frustrated that the Justice Department didn’t find evidence of fraud, Trump contemplated replacing Rosen with Jeffrey Clark, another Justice Department official who signaled support for the fraud claims. Rosen and a group of top Justice officials prepared to resign if Clark were made acting attorney general.

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