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White House rejects latest Trump claim of executive privilege

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White House rejects latest Trump claim of executive privilege
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The White House is rejecting more claims of executive privilege from former President Trump over documents requested by the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol, directing the National Archives to turn over the Trump-era documents to the committee.

In a new letter obtained by The Hill, White House counsel Dana Remuswrote that Biden consulted with the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel and determined that the former president’s privilege assertion “is not justified.”

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