Posted on 10/08/2021 1:04:00 PM PDT by Coronal
WASHINGTON — The White House on Friday formally blocked an attempt by former President Donald Trump to withhold documents from Congress related to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, setting up a legal showdown between the current and former presidents over executive privilege.
In a letter to the National Archives obtained by NBC News, White House Counsel Dana Remus rejected an attempt by Trump’s attorneys to withhold documents requested by the House Select Committee regarding the then-president’s activities on Jan. 6, writing that “President Biden has determined 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.”
“These are unique and extraordinary circumstances,” Remus added. “Congress is examining an assault on our Constitution and democratic institutions provoked and fanned by those sworn to protect them, and the conduct under investigation extends far beyond typical deliberations concerning the proper discharge of the President’s constitutional responsibilities. The constitutional protections of executive privilege should not be used to shield, from Congress or the public, information that reflects a clear and apparent effort to subvert the Constitution itself.”
White House press secretary Jen Psaki had telegraphed the move two weeks ago, saying President Joe Biden had already concluded that it would not be appropriate to assert executive privilege related to Jan. 6 requests. But White House officials added that they had not yet done so related to requests from the Select Committee, and would make any determinations on a case-by-case basis.
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National Archives.
Setting precedent. When Biden is run out of office, all of his records will be released as well..(except he will have them all destroyed like Democrats do).
He and the rats knows how to play the game on the other hand our Republican RINOS or a bunch of coward backstabbing SOBs!
Republicans won’t support Trump.
Yet, will he turn over all his tax records regarding the bribes he has received from the CCP? Not too hard a question to answer, really.
“These are unique and extraordinary circumstances,” Remus added. “Congress is examining an assault on our Constitution and democratic institutions provoked and fanned by those sworn to protect them, and the conduct under investigation extends far beyond typical deliberations concerning the proper discharge of the President’s constitutional responsibilities. The constitutional protections of executive privilege should not be used to shield, from Congress or the public, information that reflects a clear and apparent effort to subvert the Constitution itself.”
Look in a mirror, Remus you scumbag.
You mean the Republican arm of the Uniparty? Not likely. They should but won’t.
Which, of course, means that the Trump II or DeSantis Administrations will deny executive privilege protection for ***anything*** in Zhou Bai Deng’s or Kamelhoe’s records. . .because the precedent is set. . .
There were probably about a million of us in DC. If Trump had told people to storm the Capitol that day, and one percent had done so, there would be nothing left.
It didn’t happen.
I feel stupid. For some reason, I thought differently for that specific event.
When Trump establishes a presidential library then they'll go there. But until then they're held at the National Archives.
Another rat sh## show that never happened, cant wait for the day of reckoning. Heard rico rudy is in the wings waiting
Hunter Biden laptop———What’s happening with that???
Trump is preserving Executive Privilege.
I agree.
He was giving a speech a thirty minute walk away, as I understand it.
People were there before he was finished, probably before
he started.
This now provides a basis one day for the quick, on demand release of Biden administration records in order to prosecute or simply embarrass Biden and his minions.
Do you not remember how they tried to spin the Ukraine transcript until Trump released it. But that still did not dissuade them. They tried to spin it into an impeachment, (which they lost), but the talking points were made so that the Rubes swallowed it hook, line and sinker. You still hear people claiming that Trump tried to get Ukraine to interfere with the 2020 election by investigating Biden and Hunter.
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