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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
Fri Sep 24, 2021, 05:38 PM Sep 2021

Biden does not plan to shield Trump docs in Jan. 6 probe

Source: The Hill

President Biden has determined that he does not plan to assert executive privilege to shield Trump-era documents sought by the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Friday.

“We take this matter incredibly seriously. The president has already concluded that it would not be appropriate to assert executive privilege and so we will respond promptly to these questions as they arise and certainly as they come up from Congress,” Psaki told reporters during a press briefing Friday afternoon.

“We have been working closely with congressional committees and others as they work to get to the bottom of what happened on Jan. 6, an incredibly dark day in our democracy,” she said.

Psaki said later that she was speaking to the “principle” with which the Biden White House is approaching the investigation. Asked whether there was anything the White House would not turn over, she declined to address a hypothetical. “It’s an eye to not exerting executive privilege,” Psaki said. “Some of this is predicting what we don’t know yet, but that is certainly his overarching view.”

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/573872-biden-does-not-plan-to-shield-trump-docs-in-jan-6-probe



The developments are likely to anger former President Trump, who has derided the House select committee's Jan. 6 investigation.
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Biden does not plan to shield Trump docs in Jan. 6 probe (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Sep 2021 OP
this whole line of statements beyond the way of stupidity ! monkeyman1 Sep 2021 #1
Not sure what you're saying left-of-center2012 Sep 2021 #4
why would one president shield another ? just don't make sense ! monkeyman1 Sep 2021 #5
Because they seek to protect the Office of the President Tarc Sep 2021 #8
Bingo, and Amen! soldierant Sep 2021 #9
trump will probably attempt to sue Biden. C Moon Sep 2021 #2
Holy Smokes what a shock!! tavernier Sep 2021 #10
SUEING is Trumps MO--of course he will sue Biden Admin riversedge Sep 2021 #12
No, Trump will claim that his presidential documents are still under Fortinbras Armstrong Sep 2021 #16
White House should pack up docs and send them to committee right away. halfulglas Sep 2021 #3
Bada boom, bada bing! Champp Sep 2021 #6
While we're still a Democracy! tonekat Sep 2021 #7
We HAVE to retain the House and Senate in 2022/24 IF NOT.... SayItLoud Sep 2021 #11
Make the public ASAP Mz Pip Sep 2021 #13
Chump did everything he could to embarrass HIS predecessor FakeNoose Sep 2021 #14
This is one of those feel-good stories. Kid Berwyn Sep 2021 #15
Good. ck4829 Sep 2021 #17

Tarc

(10,471 posts)
8. Because they seek to protect the Office of the President
Fri Sep 24, 2021, 07:20 PM
Sep 2021

not a President as an individual. At times, they take a cautious approach to these things as they fear the same thing happing to them by a future president.

I applaud President Biden 100% here, as he is doing the right thing, and not giving in to the temptation to do the cautious thing.

tavernier

(12,299 posts)
10. Holy Smokes what a shock!!
Fri Sep 24, 2021, 08:46 PM
Sep 2021

He has sued the people who have unsuccessfully removed the mounds of fat from his butt and belly, made his suits look like the Banana man on Captain Kangaroo, styled and colored his hair like Michael Meyers from the Halloween movie, and sprayed his face with organic baby shit.

So Biden making him look like a loser isn’t really that big of a deal, considering the tennis photos, lol.

Fortinbras Armstrong

(4,473 posts)
16. No, Trump will claim that his presidential documents are still under
Sun Sep 26, 2021, 09:50 AM
Sep 2021

Executive privilege. He'll say that executive privilege lasts forever.

halfulglas

(1,654 posts)
3. White House should pack up docs and send them to committee right away.
Fri Sep 24, 2021, 06:01 PM
Sep 2021

Get it in before Trump's lawyers file their delaying suits.

SayItLoud

(1,695 posts)
11. We HAVE to retain the House and Senate in 2022/24 IF NOT....
Fri Sep 24, 2021, 09:42 PM
Sep 2021

the investigation will be quashed. The rePUKES are going to drag these documents through the courts for years.

FakeNoose

(32,202 posts)
14. Chump did everything he could to embarrass HIS predecessor
Sat Sep 25, 2021, 10:41 AM
Sep 2021

There's no reason for Biden to hold anything back. Let's drag all of Chump's dirty laundry out into the open. And let's do this quickly!

Kid Berwyn

(14,522 posts)
15. This is one of those feel-good stories.
Sat Sep 25, 2021, 09:32 PM
Sep 2021

Pretzeldental paperwork will show Putin’s Puppet is the demented moronic traitor his actions prove he is.

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