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White House, Jan. 6 Committee Agree to Shield Some Documents
US News ^ | 12/28/2021 | Associated Press

Posted on 12/28/2021 8:30:19 AM PST by EBH

The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol has agreed to defer its request for hundreds of pages of records from the Trump administration.

By ZEKE MILLER, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol has agreed to defer its request for hundreds of pages of records from the Trump administration, bending to the wishes of the Biden White House.

The deferral is in response to concerns by the Biden White House that releasing all the Trump administration documents sought by the committee could compromise national security and executive privilege.

President Joe Biden has repeatedly rejected former President Donald Trump's blanket efforts to cite executive privilege to block the release of documents surrounding that day. But Biden's White House is still working with the committee to shield some documents from being turned over.

Trump is appealing to the Supreme Court to try to block the National Archives and Records Administration, which maintains custody of the documents from his time in office, from giving them to the committee.

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1 posted on 12/28/2021 8:30:19 AM PST by EBH
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Translation: The republicans could hold the House next year and have their own committees, and we can’t have a precedent set where our damning internal communications are fair game to them.


2 posted on 12/28/2021 8:32:08 AM PST by z3n (“If the populace knew with what idiocy they were ruled, they would revolt.” -Charlemagne)
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To: EBH

Oh I bet they did.


3 posted on 12/28/2021 8:34:17 AM PST by EvilCapitalist (Merry Christmas Illhan!)
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To: z3n
Translation: The republicans could hold the House next year and have their own committees, and we can’t have a precedent set where our damning internal communications are fair game to them.

Yep, there's enough damning evidence to not only impeach Brandon, but to convict.

4 posted on 12/28/2021 8:35:17 AM PST by 1Old Pro (Let's make crime illegal again!)
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To: EBH

They agree that documents that do not support the narrative will stay hidden from sight.


5 posted on 12/28/2021 8:35:50 AM PST by CFW
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To: EBH

No. They are only withholding the exculpatory ones. Didn’t Russia Collusion and Schiff teach the world anything?


6 posted on 12/28/2021 8:36:04 AM PST by blackdog (Jab Dodger. )
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To: EBH

This is the democrats way, to shield some documents that might incriminate them.


7 posted on 12/28/2021 8:36:39 AM PST by maxwellsmart_agent
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To: z3n
Bingo.

And honestly, the Republicans should proceed anyway. What this so called commission is doing is criminal.

8 posted on 12/28/2021 8:40:18 AM PST by Tench_Coxe
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To: EBH

Obviously these documents shielded do not contain the right narrative for their “conviction” of President Trump.


9 posted on 12/28/2021 8:41:38 AM PST by Sacajaweau ( )
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The deferral is in response to concerns by the Biden White House that releasing all the Trump administration documents sought by the committee could compromise national security and executive privilege.

This is almost funny!

10 posted on 12/28/2021 8:43:05 AM PST by 17th Miss Regt
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To: EBH

On the positive side, this will play a big role in getting all the criminal charges filed against people like Steve Bannon tossed out of court. The defendants in those cases have the right to see this information.


12 posted on 12/28/2021 8:47:40 AM PST by Alberta's Child ("All lies and jest; still, a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.")
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To: z3n

Or they think they will lose at the USSC so they are trying to show that they are considering Trumps Executive Privilege claims.


13 posted on 12/28/2021 8:49:08 AM PST by usnavy_cop_retired (Retiree in the P.I. living as a legal immigrant)
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“ Trump is appealing to the Supreme Court to try to block the National Archives and Records Administration, which maintains custody of the documents from his time in office, from giving them to the committee.‘

Good luck with that.


14 posted on 12/28/2021 8:50:56 AM PST by plain talk
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To: EBH

US News dutifully referred to it as an “insurrection,” but they left out the obligatory word “deadly.” Someone will be reprimanded.


15 posted on 12/28/2021 8:53:02 AM PST by Steve_Seattle
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To: EBH

An unauthorized board with no legal authority, has decided to take a partisan approach to push their agenda. Gee who would have thought.


16 posted on 12/28/2021 8:53:10 AM PST by taxcontrol (The choice is clear - either live as a slave on your knees or die as a free citizen on your feet.)
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To: ping jockey

Seems to be...

There’s something in those documents that they do not want to have come out.


17 posted on 12/28/2021 9:16:20 AM PST by EBH (Never trust the government or a politician . 1776-2021 May God Save Us.)
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The deferral is in response to concerns by the Biden White House that releasing all the Trump administration documents sought by the committee could compromise national security and executive privilege.

And put the finger squarely on the Marxists in the Dem party for starting and exploiting it!

18 posted on 12/28/2021 9:25:33 AM PST by Don Corleone (leave the gun, take the canolis)
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To: z3n

check


19 posted on 12/28/2021 9:31:40 AM PST by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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To: z3n

spot on... but the truth will come out in the six years we will have to uncover things... especially when biden is left to interview without his handlers.


20 posted on 12/28/2021 9:34:19 AM PST by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something )
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