The National Archives is preparing to turn over some of former Vice President Mike Pence's official records to the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack.
over some vice presidential materials, could go back to court to try to stop the panel from receiving Pence's records.In this Nov. 13, 2020 file photo Vice President Mike Pence, speaks about Operation Warp Speed in the Rose Garden at the White House.
The Biden White House declined to assert executive privilege over Pence's records and argued that Trump lacks authority to make privilege claims over his vice president's records. "Many of the records as to which the former President has made a claim of privilege in this set of documents, however, were communications concerning the former Vice President's responsibilities as President of the Senate in certifying the vote of presidential electors on January 6, 2021," White House counsel Dana Remus wrote in a letter to the National Archives.To date, the Jan.
Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., said Wednesday that the committee could begin holding public hearings in April.
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