CONGRESS/INVESTIGATIONS: “Donald Trump intends to assert executive privilege in a congressional investigation into the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol, a move that could prevent the testimony of onetime aides, according to a letter sent by lawyers for the former president…
The move sets the stage for a likely clash with House Democrats who are investigating the roles of Trump and his allies in the run-up to the riot, when thousands of Trump supporters broke into the Capitol as Congress was certifying the results of the presidential election won by Democrat Joe Biden.”
-Eric Tucker and Mary Clare Jalonick, “Trump to invoke executive privilege in Jan. 6 House probe,” news.yahoo.com, October 7, 2021