Biden allows release of more Trump White House records to Capitol riot panel
2022.04.13 23:51
A pre-recorded video of U.S. President Donald Trump addressing the U.S. Capitol riot is seen playing on a television in the White House briefing room in Washington, U.S., January 13, 2021. REUTERS/Erin Scott/File Photo
By Jan Wolfe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden has authorized the release of a new tranche of records from Donald Trump’s presidency to the congressional committee probing last year’s attack on the Capitol, according to a government letter released on Wednesday.
In the letter, U.S. National Archivist David Ferriero said Biden had declined to use a presidential power known as executive privilege to keep the Trump records confidential.
The National Archives, an agency that maintains presidential records, has already turned over hundreds of pages of documents to the House of Representatives Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack.
