In his speech on January 6, 2021, Donald Trump urged his supporters to go to the Capitol with him to give Republicans the strength they need „to take back our country.“
Former President Trump and his team have long tried to prevent the release of documents related to the storming of the Capitol on January 6, 2021. So far, they have not been able to do this legally. The incumbent President Biden is pushing ahead with the release of the sometimes explosive papers.
US President Joe Biden has again approved the release of documents from the tenure of his predecessor Donald Trump for the investigation of the attack on the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. In a letter, the White House directed the National Archives to release documents requested by the House of Representatives investigative body. Specifically, it is about records of visitors to the White House on January 6th, when Trump was still in office.
With the letter, Biden again expressly rejected Trump’s claim to executive privilege. This is the President’s prerogative to keep certain information secret. President Biden has determined that asserting executive privilege in this case is not in the best interests of the United States and therefore not justified in view of the documents requested, the letter said.
Trump has long tried to prevent the release of documents to the investigative committee by invoking executive privilege, but failed in court. Biden had already allowed other documents from the National Archives to be passed on to the committee last year.
On January 6, 2021, Trump supporters stormed the seat of the US Congress in the capital Washington. Five people were killed, including a police officer. Trump had to face impeachment over the attack because he had previously incited his supporters in a speech. At the end of the trial he was acquitted. The investigative committee in the House of Representatives is to clarify the background of the attack on the Capitol.