Biden waives executive privilege for new set of Trump records

[cigaretteman]

President Biden has authorized the National Archives and Records Administration to hand over an eighth tranche of presidential records from the Trump White House to the House committee investigating the deadly Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.

In a letter released Wednesday by the National Archives, Biden again declined to assert executive privilege over the records — the latest batch sought by the committee after the Supreme Court rejected former president Donald Trump’s bid to block such releases.
The new letter is in line with the Biden administration’s decision to err on the side of disclosure, given the gravity of the events in the Jan. 6 attack by a pro-Trump mob. The National Archives has already turned over hundreds of pages of documents to the committee, and the latest set contains approximately 23,000 emails and attachments.


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The National Archives did remove some records from the batch after finding they were “not responsive” to the request, according to a letter from White House counsel Dana Remus. Some of the requested records, according to Remus, also have yet to be reviewed by the Archives.
“As to the remaining prioritized records, President Biden has considered the former president’s claims, and I have engaged in consultations with the Office of Legal Counsel at the Department of Justice. 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,” Remus writes.
Those documents are set to be delivered to the committee by May 26, according to a letter from Acting Archivist Debra Steidel Wall transmitting notice of the White House’s decision to Trump — two weeks before the start of the House committee’s public hearings.







It’s unclear what documents exactly will be included in the eighth batch of documents, but Trump has tried to assert privilege over daily presidential diaries, schedules, drafts of speeches, remarks and correspondence concerning the events of Jan. 6 as well as the files of his top advisers and lawyers, according to a review of court documents.
The committee has so far conducted nearly 995 depositions and interviews, received 125,000 documents, and has followed 470 tips received through the committee’s tip line, according to a committee spokesperson.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/05/11/biden-executive-privilege-trump-white-house/

 

[Whiskeydeltadeltatango]

This is it boys!

8th times a charm.

 

[BelemNole]

Tantrum incomming.

 

[KFsdisciple]

national archives? pffffffftttt this all came from Hunter's laptop and its all russian misinformation...that darn Putin.

 

[NCHawk5]

JFC. Can this administration get any more pathetic? Everything is Russia’s fault. Everything is because of the pandemic. Bla bla bla shut up and fix the problems or at least go down swinging at them. These elitist dbags don’t give a shit about the American people.

 

[Joes Place]

OPs Mom is a tranche.....

 

[lucas80]

I see the Sedition Caucus has checked into this thread.

 

[FAUlty Gator]

Squirrel!!

 

[TheCainer]

JFC. Can this administration get any more pathetic? Everything is Russia’s fault. Everything is because of the pandemic. Bla bla bla shut up and fix the problems or at least go down swinging at them. These elitist dbags don’t give a shit about the American people.

What should Biden do about inflation? You're smart. Tell us your plan.

 

[NCHawk5]

What should Biden do about inflation? You're smart. Tell us your plan.

Cut spending. What every president should have been doing for the past 12 years.

 

[NCHawk5]

I see the Sedition Caucus has checked into this thread.

You can scream MAGA and January 6th all you want. It’s not changing the complete failure in Washington.

 

[Joes Place]

Cut spending. What every president should have been doing for the past 12 years.

So, your answer is you have no idea.

Because right now, spending isn't the problem.

 

[Whiskeydeltadeltatango]

So, your answer is you have no idea.

Because right now, spending isn't the problem.

You do realize that cutting spending from an all time high to get it down to still astromically high still means they are spending wayyyyyy to much right?


--------High point



----------Look what we did!!!

























--------what we can afford.

 

[TheCainer]

Cut spending. What every president should have been doing for the past 12 years.

How would you fix the supply line issues, though? That seems to be the crux of the matter.

 

[NCHawk5]

So, your answer is you have no idea.

Because right now, spending isn't the problem.

Really, what’s the problem then? Putin? Trump? Covid? The Fed? Maybe the $2 trillion these pinheads pumped into the economy in early 2021?

 

[cigaretteman]

How would you fix the supply line issues, though? That seems to be the crux of the matter.

Not to mention Putin's war.

 

[Joes Place]

You do realize that cutting spending from an all time high to get it down to still astromically high still means they are spending wayyyyyy to much right?

I agree we need to rein in spending.

But that is not the current cause of inflationary pressures.
At all.

His answer could have been "buy a chocolate sundae" and it would have made the same sense here.

 

[Joes Place]

Really, what’s the problem then?

Seems like you are clueless on the issue.

BAU.

 

[Whiskeydeltadeltatango]

Not to mention Putin's war.

Putins war! Drink!

 

[RonaldMexico]

Really, what’s the problem then? Putin? Trump? Covid? The Fed? Maybe the $2 trillion these pinheads pumped into the economy in early 2021?

I agree with what you are saying but are you really implying that the 2 trillion passed by Biden is the reason for this? You do realize that Trump was campaigning on doing the exact same thing? You also might want to look at the deficits Trump was running before Covid. Republicans no longer have ANY right to claim the fiscal high ground in an argument.

 

[Whiskeydeltadeltatango]

I agree with what you are saying but are you really implying that the 2 trillion passed by Biden is the reason for this? You do realize that Trump was campaigning on doing the exact same thing? You also might want to look at the deficits Trump was running before Covid. Republicans no longer have ANY right to claim the fiscal high ground in an argument.

Trump was not a fiscal conservative. We are so used to excess that someone who came in and said "guys we are going to spend 4 years and try to balance the books, it's gonna be rough but we have to get spending under control" wouldn't make it through the primaries.

 

[RonaldMexico]

Seems like you are clueless on the issue.

BAU.

From you, this is absolutely hilarious………bro.

 

[NCHawk5]

I agree with what you are saying but are you really implying that the 2 trillion passed by Biden is the reason for this? You do realize that Trump was campaigning on doing the exact same thing? You also might want to look at the deficits Trump was running before Covid. Republicans no longer have ANY right to claim the fiscal high ground in an argument.

Trumps Covid spending was done pre-vaccine. We can go into the weeds discussing what pct of inflation is blamed on who. However, only one of those diphshits signed a massive spending bill when we were on our way out of the Covid shutdown phase of the pandemic.

 

[Hoosierhawkeye]

Trump was not a fiscal conservative. We are so used to excess that someone who came in and said "guys we are going to spend 4 years and try to balance the books, it's gonna be rough but we have to get spending under control" wouldn't make it through the primaries.

I agree with that. . . but who was the last president was was fiscally conservative? It seems to be Bill Clinton.

Yes he did work with a Republican congress but they were the last batch of governance we had that actually ran a surplus.

Bush Jr. blew that surplus immediately on arriving to the White House.

 

[NCHawk5]

How would you fix the supply line issues, though? That seems to be the crux of the matter.

Well, first move would be getting rid of the dumbasses assigned to fixing those problems and replacing them with people who actually know something about the industries involved.

 

[Joes Place]

I agree with what you are saying but are you really implying that the 2 trillion passed by Biden is the reason for this? You do realize that Trump was campaigning on doing the exact same thing? You also might want to look at the deficits Trump was running before Covid. Republicans no longer have ANY right to claim the fiscal high ground in an argument.

Particularly when tax revenues are a main factor now with so many massive tax breaks on the rich and corporations.

There's a reason that silly things like NFTs and artwork are going for ridiculous amounts of money; those folks literally don't know what to do with all the cash they have.

 

[Joes Place]

From you, this is absolutely hilarious………bro.

Weird that you're posting the same answers, then.

 

[sober_teacher]

Well, first move would be getting rid of the dumbasses assigned to fixing those problems and replacing them with people who actually know something about the industries involved.

Tell me you don’t know anything about supply chains without actually telling me that…

Supply chains are created by corporations, not governments.

 

[Joes Place]

Supply chains are created by corporations, not governments.

...and they can certainly be disrupted by governments engaging in wars of aggression, can't they?

 

[NCHawk5]

Tell me you don’t know anything about supply chains without actually telling me that…

Supply chains are created by corporations, not governments.

You might want to let the DOT and port authorities know this. Their mission statements seem to contradict this statement.

 

[Finance85]

Good for Biden. Although he's doing it for political reasons, transparency should always be the policy. Too much of what the US Government does is wrongly hidden based on "national security".

 

[sober_teacher]

You might want to let the DOT and port authorities know this. Their mission statements seem to contradict this statement.

You are confusing supply chains and supply routes. Both have been impacted, but supply chains more so because too many are in locations where labor has either been hard to come by or the cost of such has greatly increased for example. That’s different from the path materials and resources take from point A to point B.

 

[NCHawk5]

You are confusing supply chains and supply routes. Both have been impacted, but supply chains more so because too many are in locations where labor has either been hard to come by or the cost of such has greatly increased for example. That’s different from the path materials and resources take from point A to point B.

Biden’s policies to blame for much of current supply chain crisis

Unless we can stop Biden’s ineptitude, and perhaps purposeful quest to destroy American small business growth, our future is clear.

thehill.com

Quit blaming business for everything. Government has more responsibility than any other factor.

 

[Joes Place]

Biden’s policies to blame for much of current supply chain crisis

Unless we can stop Biden’s ineptitude, and perhaps purposeful quest to destroy American small business growth, our future is clear.

thehill.com

BY REP. BETH VAN DUYNE (R-TEXAS), OPINION CONTRIBUTOR 12/03/21 06:00 PM ET

Almost comical, that you post an Op Ed by a Texas legislator; a state that (SUBSEQUENTLY) severely disrupted trucking supply chains for political purposes entirely....

 

[NCHawk5]

BY REP. BETH VAN DUYNE (R-TEXAS)

Almost comical, that you post an Op Ed by a Texas legislator; a state that severely disrupted trucking supply chains for political purposes entirely....

I learned from the best. Ron Flapjowski tweets are considered relevant. This guy is more reliable than him.

Also: you can’t separate supply chains from supply routes. That’s silly. Very silly.

 

[sober_teacher]

Biden’s policies to blame for much of current supply chain crisis

Unless we can stop Biden’s ineptitude, and perhaps purposeful quest to destroy American small business growth, our future is clear.

thehill.com

Quit blaming business for everything. Government has more responsibility than any other factor.

I’m not blaming anyone. So much of the supply chain issues were caused by the reactions to the pandemic. Many American companies who were dependent on parts, resources, etc., couldn’t get them because everything got shut down almost completely, or to a trickle of what normally is. Alot of those issues will work out in time…it’s just not a quick fix.

that opinion piece you posted does nothing but blame Biden for everything, even though all of the problems he cited began in early 2020. And no, im not blaming trump either. These disruptions to trade would have happened regardless. It’s stupid to think any one man is to blame for all of it.

 

[sober_teacher]

I learned from the best. Ron Flapjowski tweets are considered relevant. This guy is more reliable than him.

Also: you can’t separate supply chains from supply routes. That’s silly. Very silly.

of course supply chains and supply routes are related, but they are decidedly two DIFFERENT things.

 

[NCHawk5]

of course supply chains and supply routes are related, but they are decidedly two DIFFERENT things.

They’re married. You can’t talk about one without the other.

 

[sober_teacher]

They’re married. You can’t talk about one without the other.

to a large extent we agree on this point. Just pointing out that stuff can happen to one side of this without necessarily directly impacting the other.

for example, last summer I finally got a PS5. The difficulty Sony has had over the past 18 months rolling out the new consoles have had more to do with assembling all the needed materials to build the actual console due to scarcity than the actual time it takes to transport the final product.

 

[Joes Place]

I learned from the best.

Here, "best" = "worst".
You learn from the best propagandists.