US President Joe Biden rejects a bid by Donald Trump to withhold documents from a congressional committee investigating the January 6 assault on the US Capitol
US President Joe Biden stands outside the White House before he signs a proclamation to restore protections for Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Washington, US, October 8, 2021.
Trump is seeking to assert executive privilege to prevent documents relating to January 6 from being handed over to the select committee by the National Archives. Biden will "evaluate cases of privilege on a case by case basis" but he believes it is of the "utmost importance for both Congress and the American people to have a complete understanding of the events of that day to prevent them from happening again," Psaki said.
In a statement on Friday, Trump accused Democrats of using Congress to "persecute their political opponents" and released a letter to the head of the National Archives reiterating his claims of executive privilege. Representative Bennie Thompson, the chairman of the select committee, said on Friday that Meadows, Trump's former chief of staff, and Patel, a former White House national security advisor, were "engaging with the Select Committee."
"We will not allow any witness to defy a lawful subpoena or attempt to run out the clock, and we will swiftly consider advancing a criminal contempt of Congress referral," Thompson said.
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