The House select committee investigating the deadly attack on the Capitol held its first hearing Tuesday.
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"I expect prompt cooperation from these witnesses, and I am committed to getting to the bottom of the previous Administration's attempts to subvert the Justice Department and reverse a free and fair election." has authorized key officials to provide 'unrestricted testimony' to the Committee without asserting claims of privilege," she said in a statement. "I am pleased that the Justice Department. Carolyn Maloney, chairwoman of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, celebrated the decision. 6 Capitol riot.īut the decision also could portend court challenges by Trump and others with whom he talked on Jan. The decision could clear a path for former Justice Department officials to testify about an attempt to oust then-acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen and replace him with someone sympathetic to the former president's baseless arguments about election fraud in the days before the Jan.
The Justice Department has notified former government officials that it has consulted with the White House counsel's office and that it "would not be appropriate to assert executive privilege with respect to communications with former President Trump and his advisers and staff on matters related to the committee's proposed interviews," according to a person who has read the letter from department official Bradley Weinsheimer.
There's now a clear path for officials from former President Donald Trump's administration to testify before Congress about the Jan.
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