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Norbert

(6,040 posts)
Wed Apr 13, 2022, 04:58 PM Apr 2022

Biden White House waives executive privilege for more Trump records

President Biden has authorized the National Archives and Records Administration to hand over a new tranche of Trump White House documents to the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.

In a letter released Wednesday by the archives, Biden declined to assert executive privilege over the records — the latest batch sought by the committee after the Supreme Court rejected Trump’s bid to block such releases.

The new letter is in line with the Biden administration’s decision to err on the side of disclosure, given the gravity of the events in the Jan. 6 attack. The archives has already turned over hundreds of pages of documents to the committee.

“As to the remaining prioritized records, President Biden has considered the former President’s claims, and I have engaged in consultations with the Office of Legal Counsel at the Department of Justice,” White House counsel Dana Remus writes. “The President has determined that an assertion of executive privilege is not in the best interests of the United States, and therefore is not justified...”


It's just Joe's way of giving Donnie Boy some attention.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/biden-white-house-waives-executive-privilege-for-more-trump-records/ar-AAWbR29?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=77352b1b13914b9ba577f781515aeb21
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Biden White House waives executive privilege for more Trump records (Original Post) Norbert Apr 2022 OP
K & R Budi Apr 2022 #1
lolz Catherine Vincent Apr 2022 #4
Rolf.. Priceless! Cha Apr 2022 #8
sorry charlie! AllaN01Bear Apr 2022 #2
Another measured response by WH empedocles Apr 2022 #3
IKR! It's almost like Joe's enjoying this a little... Budi Apr 2022 #5
Ya think? ProudMNDemocrat Apr 2022 #10
TY! Cha Apr 2022 #6
While Garland is dragging his feet, Biden is really sticking to Agent Orange AZLD4Candidate Apr 2022 #7
This would be the committee that isn't sure it wants to do a criminal referral, yes? NullTuples Apr 2022 #9
The J6 committee can release its findings to the public Qutzupalotl Apr 2022 #11

NullTuples

(6,017 posts)
9. This would be the committee that isn't sure it wants to do a criminal referral, yes?
Wed Apr 13, 2022, 06:59 PM
Apr 2022

What's the point of the Jan 6th committee if AG Garland isn't doing a criminal investigation?
And if Garland is investigating then what's the point of the Jan 6th committee?

Qutzupalotl

(14,322 posts)
11. The J6 committee can release its findings to the public
Sat Apr 16, 2022, 10:10 PM
Apr 2022

whenever it wants, which now looks like late May.

The DoJ investigation is entirely secret, as it should be. Garland had zero leaks when he got McVeigh, and zero convictions overturned.

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