Biden declines Trump request to withhold White House records from Jan. 6 committee

[Ellipsis]

Source: NBC News

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.”


Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/biden-declines-trump-request-withhold-white-house-records-jan-6-n1281120

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Hat tip to Kyle Griffin.

[Champp]

1. Thank you, Joe.

[Marthe48]

2. but traitor would sell them to the highest bidder

and after he's dead, his spawn will sell out where they can

[SergeStorms]

12. Oh yes.

After he croaks the kids will all release "tell all" books about life with the world's most famous grifter.
It wouldn't surprise me if they're already written, just waiting for the blessed day of his demise. They're certainly not a sentimental lot, and money is their driving force.

[calimary]

20. Even from his daughter-wife?

I can’t imagine Ivanka turning on her older-lover-OOPS!-I-mean-her-dad like that.

[SergeStorms]

25. Especially princess Ivanka.

What sells better than sex?

She'll spill all the "confidential" stuff, which will turn out to be nothing more than we already know, but....you know, a grifters got to grift. Anything to separate people from their money. That's daddy's little girl.

[pnwmom]

3. So they are already asserting that there's extremely damaging info in there. n/t

[SergeStorms]

14. No, not at all.

Every "completely innocent" person behaves this way.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

4. K & R!

[padah513]

5. "These are unique and extraordinary circumstances."

I hope that becomes the mantra from them every time.

[maxrandb]

6. I don't understand why this "sets up a legal showdown between the current and former presidents"

These documents need to be released NOW!!!

There is no legal basis to allow Donnie Dipshit to try to play his tired and corrupt "run out the clock" bullshit.

Give these documents to the committee now and let Donnie Shit for Brains try to sue.

We simply can't wait for two years while the courts dick around on something THAT HAS NO BASIS IN ESTABLISHED LAW

[Evolve Dammit]

7. Agreed. And yet, no tax returns, no Mueller report, no accountability. He will drag it out legally.

[calimary]

21. That's his schtick. That weasel-trick has always worked - at least so far.

But nothing lasts forever. Not even for YOU, donald.

[Botany]

23. Yup

Release the documents now to the Committee and then let TFG's retroactively try to stop the process.

[onenote]

26. Because Trump has standing to assert EP. And Biden can take a different posiiton.

And it can then go to the courts, although greater weight should be given to Biden's position.

As for why they can't be released immediately? Because the documents are in the possession of the National Archives and the process by which the Archivist of the United States releases presidential records is governed by a statutory scheme that establishes a particular timeline, including notice requirements.

[intrepidity]

36. What (and when) is the next step?

TIA

[Uncle Joe]

8. Kicked and recommended

Thanks for the thread Ellipsis.

[Ellipsis]

9. Your'e Welcome Uncle Joe n/t.

[lambchopp59]

10. "Legal showdown" my ass.

Our side is doing what's legal, what's part and parcel of constitutional duty of high office.
TFG is playing off "Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain".
Worst part is, about 35 percent of citizens are completely bamboozeld by the chicanery.

[monkeyman1]

11. the senate report that read so damning to TFG ! 394 pages worth !

IT'S pretty good so far ! that's what i'm doing this week end . being retired I can do that !

[Ohioboy]

13. I needed to hear that!

[ShazzieB]

15. This line stood out for me.

"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.”

TFG evidently thinks executive privilege exists for the express purpose of shielding whatever information he wants to shield from whoever and for whatever reasons he wishes to shield it. I have a feeling he's about to find out just how wrong he is.

[kimbutgar]

16. I Just hope TFG doesn't go to his hand picked supreme court.

[BigmanPigman]

24. That never occurred to me.

Damn! It could happen.

[orangecrush]

32. If he does

Appoint more judges.

Fuck him.

[BootinUp]

17. On point. Eat it Donny boy.

[Submariner]

18. I bet the NSA/CIA have recordings of every phone call out of the White House too

lets dig those out and bury this scumbag for good.

[lagomorph777]

19. Thank you, Mr. President!

[Botany]

22. President Biden is not only a lawyer but has taught...

.... Constitutional Law for years too. This is a gut shot to TFG and Joe and his people know that TFG and his lawyers have little chance @ arguing that TFG's claim of executive privilege is not only moot because he is no longer an executive but protection of the Constitution and America's democracy supercede TFG's claim of
E.P..

BTW I have a 2.3 from Ohio University in Plant Biology.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

27. As he should

The Mango Mussolini's sense of entitlement be damned,

[Blue Owl]

28. K&R

Let's hope this leads to something...

[Ellipsis]

29. Thanks for the kick Blue Owl. n/t

[oasis]

30. Taking no prisoners on treasonous activity. nt

[orangecrush]

31. This is a BFD!

[Beartracks]

33. Last sentence of the third paragraph is spot on.

[hamsterjill]

34. Release them now.

Before Trump has time to tie it all up in court. Oh that’s not legal, you say? Not possible to do, you say? There are rules, you say?

Ooooooops! Gosh, maybe they get released anyway.

[azureblue]

35. what nerve!

Donnie attacks Joe, slanders his family, insults his dead son, even tries to steal an election from him, and THEN comes around asking for a favor?
What goes around comes around, Traitor Don.