Trump Denies Biden's Demand, Positions Himself for Epic Court Battle
'They are trying once again to use Congress to persecute their political opponents'
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Donald Trump has stood firm and will not give Joe Biden and congressional Democrats what they are demanding.
On Friday, Trump signaled a coming battle to protect his presidential records from Democrats, who have launched a commission to investigate the Jan 6 Capitol riot.
In a letter, Trump demanded the National Archives not to release records to the panel due to legal issues "including but not limited to the presidential communications, deliberative process, and attorney-client privileges."
The 45th president followed by describing the situation as a political "game," the New York Post reported.
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Trump said in a statement:
"The Radical Left Democrats tried the RUSSIA Witch Hunt, they tried the fake impeachments, and now they are trying once again to use Congress to persecute their political opponents."
"Their requests are not based in law or reality—it's just a game to these politicians."
"The Democrats are drunk on power, but this dangerous assault on our Constitution and important legal precedent will not work."
"This Committee's fake investigation is not about Jan 6 any more than the Russia Hoax was about Russia."
"Instead, this is about using the power of the government to silence 'Trump' and our Make America Great Again movement, the greatest such achievement of all time."
White House Counsel Dana Remus sent a letter to the National Archives telling them to obey Biden and not Trump.
"President Biden has determined that an assertion of executive privilege is not in the best interests of the United States, and therefore is not justified as to any of the documents," Remus wrote.
"These are unique and extraordinary circumstances. Congress is examining an assault on our Constitution and democratic institutions provoked and fanned by those sworn to protect them, and the conduct under investigation extends far beyond typical deliberations concerning the proper discharge of the President's constitutional responsibilities."
"The constitutional protections of executive privilege should not be used to shield, from Congress or the public, information that reflects a clear and apparent effort to subvert the Constitution itself," Remus wrote.
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Trump fired back:
"Biden has rejected our request to withhold White House information from the House Unselect Committee investigating the January 6th protest, but has not taken a stance on the insurrection that took place on Nov 3, often referred to as the Crime of the Century," Trump said in a statement.
"With our Country collapsing, with our Military disgraced, with our Borders nonexistent, when will the American people have had enough?"
Trump campaign strategist Steve Bannon stated he would not respond to a subpoena from the House Select Committee investigating Jan 6.
Chairman Rep. Bennie Thompson, a Mississippi Democrat, and Vice-Chair Rep. Liz Cheney, a Wyoming Republican, said in a statement:
"Though the Select Committee welcomes good-faith engagement with witnesses seeking to cooperate with our investigation, we will not allow any witness to defy a lawful subpoena or attempt to run out the clock, and we will swiftly consider advancing a criminal contempt of Congress referral."
