Topline President Joe Biden will not prevent a House committee investigating the January 6 Capitol riot from receiving an initial set of Trump administration documents, the White House said Friday, despite objections from former President Donald Trump. President Donald Trump speaks to supporters near the White House on January 6, before hundreds of … [+] people stormed the U.S. Capitol. AFP via Getty Images Key Facts Biden has decided invoking executive privilege — which allows the president to decline to release certain confidential records — is “not warranted” for the first round of Trump-era documents requested by the January 6 committee and reviewed by White House staff, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said Friday. White House Counsel Dana Remus said Biden won’t use executive privilege due to the “unique and extraordinary circumstances” surrounding the Capitol riot, in a letter to the National Archives and Records Administration obtained by NBC News and Politico. The decision only applies to an initial round of documents supplied to the White House by the National Archives, and Psaki didn’t rule out executive privilege for future records. In a Friday letter to the National Archives, Trump claimed dozens of records sought by the January 6 committee are subject to e… Click below to read the full story from Forbes
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Biden Blocks Trump’s Request To Shield Some Documents From Jan. 6 Probe
