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Joe Biden: “The Constitutional protections of executive privilege should not be used to shield from Congress to the public…”

On the recordOctober 8, 2021
The Constitutional protections of executive privilege should not be used to shield from Congress to the public information that reflects a clear and apparent effort to subvert the Constitution itself.
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Joe Biden
Democratic · Delaware
Source
msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Biden's administration rejected Trump's claim of executive privilege regarding documents related to January 6.

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