Biden is rejecting executive privilege claims made by Trump, allowing the January 6 committee to access White House visitor logs from Trump’s tenure.
, stating that the materials sought by the January 6 commission wouldn’t jeopardize the institution of the presidency.
“The majority of the entries over which the former president has asserted executive privilege would be publicly released under current policy,” Remus wrote. “As practice under that policy demonstrates, preserving the confidentiality of this type of record generally is not necessary to protect long-term institutional interests of the Executive Branch.”
It’s unclear whether Trump will seek to block the National Archives from handing over his White House visitor logs to the January 6 committee. Trump has previously tried to block access to other White House documents through months of litigation.it would refuse to hear an appeal from Trump’s lawyers over the matter
, leaving in place a lower appellate court’s ruling that said the documents could be shared with the committee. Even if the former president is unsuccessful in blocking the White House logs from being shared, Trump may be able to use the legal process to delay their release until the January 6 committee is dissolved, if Republicans can win control of the House in this year’s midterm elections.
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