EXCLUSIVE: Trump rejects shielding Biden records from Senate probes in executive privilege showdown
White House counsel says former president's privilege assertion over mental acuity and family financial dealings investigations is 'not in the best interests of the United States'
President Donald Trump rejected former President Joe Bidenโs assertion of executive privilege over a tranche of documents requested by the Senate as part of various probes into the 46th president, determining it is "not in the best interests of the United States."
White House counsel David Warrington wrote Monday in a letter addressed to the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) and obtained by Fox News Digital that Trump "does not uphold the former Presidentโs assertion of privilege" over records sought in four congressional probes. The letter directs NARA to provide the materials to Congress.
The dispute centers on documents related to investigations into Bidenโs health, alleged politically motivated probes into Trump and his allies, and the Biden familyโs financial dealings, which Republicans argue go to the heart of Congressโ constitutional authority to conduct oversight.
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