{"id":1352762,"date":"2022-03-01T14:18:29","date_gmt":"2022-03-01T19:18:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1352762"},"modified":"2022-03-01T14:22:38","modified_gmt":"2022-03-01T19:22:38","slug":"biden-rejects-executive-privilege-for-ex-trump-advisers-flynn-and-navarro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-rejects-executive-privilege-for-ex-trump-advisers-flynn-and-navarro\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Rejects Executive Privilege for Ex-Trump Advisers Flynn and Navarro"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" 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Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><span class=\"rollover-people\" data-behavior=\"rolloverpeople\"><a class=\"rollover-people-link\" data-nid=\"188332\" href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/people\/joe-biden\">President Biden<\/a><span class=\"rollover-people-block\" id=\"rollover-people-188332\"><span class=\"rollover-block\"><span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumb_100\/public\/blogs\/bidenjoe_081315getty_0.jpg?itok=zk8qw7g2\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"\" \/><a class=\"name\" href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/people\/joe-biden\">Joe Biden<\/a><a class=\"people-articles\" href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/senate\/596236-rubio-skipping-bidens-state-of-the-union-over-covid-testing-mandate-i-dont\">Rubio skipping SOTU over COVID-19 testing mandate: &#8216;I don&#8217;t have time&#8217;<\/a> <a class=\"people-articles\" href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/regulation\/court-battles\/596235-arizona-gop-asks-court-to-strike-down-vote-by-mail-system\">Arizona GOP asks court to strike down vote-by-mail system<\/a> <a class=\"people-articles\" href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/defense\/596228-us-refuses-to-take-bait-on-russias-nuclear-threats\">US sees Putin nuke threat as posturing<\/a> <a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/people\/joe-biden\">MORE<span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> will not assert executive privilege to shield two former Trump advisers, Peter Navarro and Michael Flynn, from testifying or turning over relevant documents to the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, according to correspondence shared with The Hill. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Deputy White House counsel Jonathan Su wrote letters to Navarro, who served as former <span class=\"rollover-people\" data-behavior=\"rolloverpeople\"><a class=\"rollover-people-link\" data-nid=\"261287\" href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/people\/donald-trump\">President Trump<\/a><span class=\"rollover-people-block\" id=\"rollover-people-261287\"><span class=\"rollover-block\"><span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumb_100\/public\/trumpdonald_070117getty.jpg?itok=6xe4YR_0\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"\" \/><a class=\"name\" href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/people\/donald-trump\">Donald Trump<\/a><a class=\"people-articles\" href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/regulation\/court-battles\/596235-arizona-gop-asks-court-to-strike-down-vote-by-mail-system\">Arizona GOP asks court to strike down vote-by-mail system<\/a> <a class=\"people-articles\" href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/house\/596215-mccarthy-criticizes-gop-members-who-spoke-at-white-nationalist-conference\">McCarthy criticizes GOP members who spoke at white nationalist conference: &#8216;Unacceptable&#8217;<\/a> <a class=\"people-articles\" href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/wire\/596214-first-jury-trial-against-accused-jan-6-rioter-begins\">First jury trial against accused Jan. 6 rioter begins<\/a> <a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/people\/donald-trump\">MORE<span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u2019s trade adviser, and an attorney representing Michael Flynn, Trump\u2019s onetime national security adviser, notifying them of Biden\u2019s decision on Monday. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s decision was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/scoop-biden-deny-executive-privilege-flynn-navarro-e21b572e-304a-4397-86b3-2ebf290b6e48.html\u00a0\">first reported by Axios<\/a>. \u00a0<\/p>\n<div id=\"dfp-ad-incontent_desk_1-wrapper\" class=\"dfp-tag-wrapper wrapper\">\n<p><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>In the letter to Navarro, Su reiterated that Biden believes an assertion of executive privilege is \u201cnot in the national interest\u201d given the \u201cunique and extraordinary nature of the matters under investigation.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In the letter to Flynn\u2019s attorney, David Warrington, Su noted that Flynn, who resigned in 2017 under pressure after less than a month on the job, left the White House long before the\u00a0Capitol riot.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo the extent any privileges could apply to General Flynn\u2019s conversations with the former President or White House staff after the conclusion of his tenure, President Biden has determined that an assertion of executive privilege is not in the national interest, and therefore is not justified, with respect to particular subjects within the purview of the Select Committee,\u201d Su wrote. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, Warrington wrote in a response to Su that Flynn has not\u00a0made an assertion of executive privilege related to the Jan. 6 committee\u2019s subpoena and has not refused to appear for a deposition.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do not know whether your letter was prompted by some event, information received, a request by a third-party, or if it is simply the type of letter the White House Counsel\u2019s Office is sending to all former Executive Branch employees who have received such a subpoena,\u201d Flynn\u2019s attorney wrote, according to a letter obtained by The Hill. \u201cWe certainly did not ask for such a letter.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The panel <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/national-security\/593576-jan-6-committee-subpoenas-former-trump-trade-advisor-peter-navarro\">subpoenaed<\/a> Navarro, who served in the White House until the end of the Trump administration, last month. Navarro has pledged to fight the subpoena in court.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div id=\"dfp-ad-incontent_desk_2-wrapper\" class=\"dfp-tag-wrapper wrapper\">\n<p><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>On Tuesday, Navarro provided The Hill with the email response he sent to Su. In it, Navarro asserted that it was \u201cfanciful and dangerous to assert that a sitting president can revoke the Executive Privilege of his predecessor.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou and the Biden regime along with partisan judges and the witch hunt otherwise known as the Jan 6 committee are doing great violence to the Constitution and the country,\u201d Navarro wrote in the message. \u201cSee you at the Supreme Court.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Jan. 6 committee <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/national-security\/580599-jan-6-panel-issues-new-subpoenas-for-eastman-top-trump-aides\">subpoenaed<\/a> Flynn along with a handful of other Trump associates in November.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Flynn was subpoenaed about a December meeting at the White House where they discussed using national emergency power to seize voting equipment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Biden has previously <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/administration\/594469-biden-rejects-trump-executive-privilege-claim-orders-visitor-logs\">rejected<\/a> Trump\u2019s claims of executive privilege over White House documents the committee has requested from the former president\u2019s tenure, most recently ordering the National Archives to turn over visitor logs to the Jan. 6 panel. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Trump pursued legal action to block the committee\u2019s access to the documents, but the Supreme Court <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/regulation\/court-battles\/595288-supreme-court-turns-away-trumps-appeal-in-dispute-with-house-jan-6\">declined<\/a> his request to block the documents and turned away his appeal last month.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Rebecca Beitsch contributed.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Updated: 12:27 p.m.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President BidenJoe BidenRubio skipping SOTU over COVID-19 testing mandate: &#8216;I don&#8217;t have time&#8217; Arizona GOP asks court to strike down vote-by-mail system US sees Putin nuke threat as posturing MORE<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1352762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1352762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1352762"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1352762\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1352762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1352762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1352762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}