Biden overrules Trump effort to keep White House files from 6 January panel
by David Smith in Washington from on (#5QH1A)
The National Archives told to give documents to House committee despite ex-president's attempt assert executive privilege
Joe Biden has blocked an attempt by former US president Donald Trump to withhold documents from Congress related to the 6 January insurrection at the US Capitol.
Jen Psaki, the White House press secretary, said Biden authorized the National Archives, a government agency that holds records from Trump's time in office, to turn over an initial batch of documents requested by a House of Representatives select committee investigating the riot.
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