Donald Trump Fights ‘Leftist’ 1/6 Committee Request With ‘Executive Privilege’ – By Darragh Roche (Newsweek) / Aug 26 2021
Former President Donald Trump has called the select committee investigating the January 6 Capitol riot a “partisan shame” and suggested he will invoke executive privilege as the committee seeks a trove of documents.
Trump issued a statement on Wednesday slamming the “leftist” committee after it sent its first request for documents relating to the events of January 6. These requests included “communications within and among the White House and Executive Branch agencies.”
The committee is chaired by Democratic Representative Bennie Thompson and includes Republican representatives Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger, both critics of the former president.
Trump’s statement said: “The Leftist ‘select committee’ has further exposed itself as a partisan sham and waste of taxpayer dollars with a request that’s timed to distract Americans from historic and global catastrophes brought on by the failures of Joe Biden and the Democrats.”
