China News Service, February 16. According to comprehensive foreign media reports, on the 16th local time, US President Biden rejected former President Trump's request for executive privilege, asking the US National Archives to submit records of White House visitors related to the Capitol Hill riots. to the special committee investigating the incident.
Data map: The U.S. Capitol after the riots.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Chen Mengtong
According to the report, on the 15th local time, White House counsel Remus said in a letter to the National Archives administrator that "in view of the urgency of the committee's investigation", the National Archives should hand over the documents within 15 days.
The letter also noted that the Biden administration voluntarily discloses monthly White House visitor logs, a practice the Obama administration has followed.
On January 6, 2021, while the US Congress was counting electoral votes for the presidential election, former US President Trump supporters violently stormed Congress, killing at least 5 people.
The incident was the worst attack on the U.S. Congress in nearly 200 years.
The House of Representatives has since impeached Trump on charges of sedition, but the Senate has acquitted Trump.
On June 30, the House of Representatives voted to establish a special committee to investigate the Capitol riots.