Via Hal
Once in focus, one can see there is a strong interest in preserving
executive privilege, and none in pushing a partisan dog and donkey show
trial.
Because House Speaker Nancy Pelosi failed to appoint the requisite
number of members, the Jan. 6 committee is arguably invalid under its
own authorizing resolution.
Yesterday, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected former
President Donald Trump’s claim of executive privilege, holding that the
archivist of the United States could provide a tranche of Trump’s
presidential records to the House’s “Select Committee to Investigate the
January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol.”
In a unanimous ruling, the federal appellate court concluded that
President Biden’s conclusion that “an assertion of executive privilege
is not in the best interests of the United States” controlled and that
the archivist, therefore, must hand over the first of three sets of
documents requested. The court added, however, that it would await an
assessment from the Biden administration before determining whether
other sets of documents must likewise be handed over.
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