President Joe Biden is ordering the release of former President Donald Trump’s White House visitor logs as part of an ongoing Congressional investigation into the events at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Trump has fought to keep these and other records of his presidency in the National Archives private, citing executive privilege. But in a letter to the National Archives Monday, White House counsel Dana Remus said that Biden does not need to uphold his predecessor’s assertions of privilege. “The President 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 these records and portions of records,” the letter reads. Biden is instructing the National Archives to release to the select committee investigating the Capitol breach entries in visitor logs showing who was permitted to enter the White House complex during Trump’s presidency, …
Biden Orders Release of Trump White House Visitor Logs to Jan. 6 Committee
February 16, 2022
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