White House: Biden waives executive privilege on Jan. 6 documents

By Katherine Doyle

Published October 8, 2021 7:33pm ET

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The White House confirmed that President Joe Biden has waived executive privilege on an initial set of documents produced at the request of the Jan. 6 committee.

“The president has determined an assertion of executive privilege isn’t warranted for the first set of documents from the Trump White House that have been provided to us by the National Archives,” press secretary Jen Psaki said on Friday.

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