Politico | Joe Biden won’t invoke executive privilege to shield Donald Trump’s White House records from January 6 committee
- The National Archives has identified hundreds of pages of relevant documents, which will be sent to Biden and Trump lawyers
- A White House spokeswoman said the former president’s team has not reached out to suggest protecting any of the records
This story is published in a content partnership with POLITICO. It was originally reported by Myah Ward on politico.com on September 24, 2021.
White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters that the Trump administration has not reached out to suggest protecting any of the records and that they do not have regular communication with former president Donald Trump or his team.
“I would say that we take this matter incredibly seriously. The president already concluded that it would not be appropriate to assert executive privilege,” Psaki said.
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“And so, we will respond promptly to these questions as they arise. And certainly, as they come up from Congress, and certainly we have been working closely with congressional committees and others as they work to get to the bottom of what happened on January 6.”
