{"id":2577936,"date":"2026-03-09T20:09:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T00:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-rejects-bidens-executive-privilege-claim-says-its-not-in-the-best-interests-of-the-united-states\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:56","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T00:10:56","slug":"trump-rejects-bidens-executive-privilege-claim-says-its-not-in-the-best-interests-of-the-united-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-rejects-bidens-executive-privilege-claim-says-its-not-in-the-best-interests-of-the-united-states\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Rejects Biden&#8217;s Executive Privilege Claim, Says It&#8217;s &#8216;Not in the Best Interests of the United States&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-rejects-bidens-executive-privilege-claim-says-its-not-in-the-best-interests-of-the-united-states%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2577936&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>&#8211; The White House rejected former President Joe Biden\u2019s attempt to claim executive privilege to block Congress from accessing documents tied to investigations,including Biden\u2019s use of the autopen and the Biden family\u2019s financial dealings.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; President Biden determined that such a privilege claim is \u201cnot in the best interests of the United States,\u201d and White House counsel David Warrington told the National Archives and Records Governance (NARA) to provide the requested materials to Congress.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; NARA had previously informed the white House that Biden was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lefty-professor-demanding-justice-thomas-recuse-over-wifes-texts-accidentally-explains-why-he-shouldnt\/\" title=\"Lefty Professor Demanding Justice Thomas Recuse Over Wife\u2019s Texts Accidentally Explains Why He Shouldn\u2019t\">asserting executive privilege<\/a> over several documents,but the White house said those protections shoudl not apply to the issues at hand.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The move occurs as congressional committees-notably the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations and the Senate Judiciary committee-seek records related to alleged coverups and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bokhari-trump-white-houses-weapon-against-deep-state-saboteurs-rattles-establishment-media\/\" title=\"Bokhari: Trump ...&#039;s Weapon Against Deep State Saboteurs Rattles Establishment Media\">politically motivated investigations<\/a>, including regarding Biden administration actions and Hunter Biden\u2019s business dealings in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The White House argued that executive privilege should not shield evidence of efforts to imprison a political opponent and noted that some documents related to Hunter Biden\u2019s dealings cannot be kept private.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The development follows Biden\u2019s earlier unsuccessful attempts to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >shield autopen-related documents<\/a>, and the discussions are part of broader partisan tensions over executive privilege and congressional oversight.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The White House has rejected an attempt by former President Joe Biden to use executive privilege to prevent Congress from seeing documents related to investigations that include Biden&rsquo;s use of the autopen and the Biden family&rsquo;s financial dealings.<\/p>\n<p>The president determined that such use of executive privilege is &ldquo;not in the best interests of the United States.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>White House counsel David Warrington sent a letter to the National Archives and Records Administration Monday, saying that President Donald Trump &ldquo;does not uphold the former president&rsquo;s assertion of privilege,&rdquo; according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/exclusive-trump-rejects-shielding-biden-records-from-senate-probes-executive-privilege-showdown\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The letter told NARA to give Congress what it wants.<\/p>\n<p>NARA had informed the White House in December that Biden was asserting executive privilege over a number of documents.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadAnyclip() { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst container=document.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!container) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=\"https:\/\/player.anyclip.com\/anyclip-widget\/lre-widget\/prod\/v1\/src\/lre.js\"; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"pubname\", \"westernjournalcom\"); 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Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RapidResponse47\/status\/2031030279914099060?\">March 9, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations sought records connected to what&nbsp; the letter called the &ldquo;coverup of former President Biden&rsquo;s health and cognitive decline.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Biden wanted to block two Senate Judiciary Committee requests concerning &ldquo;coordinated efforts by the Biden administration against President Trump and his staff through politically motivated investigations,&rdquo; the letter said.<\/p>\n<p>The White House argued that &ldquo;the constitutional protections of executive privilege should not be used to shield from Congress evidence of a President&rsquo;s efforts to imprison his opponent.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>A third set of documents related to the &ldquo;Biden family&rsquo;s financial dealings and potential conflicts of interest&rdquo; cannot be kept private, the letter said.<\/p>\n<p>The letter said Biden could not shield documents related to his dealings with Ukraine while his son, Hunter, was on the board of a Ukrainian energy firm.<\/p>\n<p>Warrington wrote that he was &ldquo;unaware of a Supreme Court ruling or constitutional text that extends those protections to former President Biden&rsquo;s efforts to assist his son&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/project-veritas-strips-cnn-naked\/\" title=\"Project Veritas Strips CNN Naked\">shady business deals<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;President Trump instructs you to provide to these congressional committees the pages identified as privileged by the former President,&rdquo; Warrington wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Biden had tried to shield other documents related to his autopen scandal, but lost that battle, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/exclusive-trump-white-house-torpedoes-biden-attempt-shield-autopen-presidency-files\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As President Trump has stated, the abuse of the autopen that took place during the Biden Presidency, and the extraordinary efforts to shield President Biden&rsquo;s diminished faculties from the public, must be subject to a full accounting to ensure nothing similar ever happens again,&rdquo; Warrington wrote in December.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Similarly, President Biden&rsquo;s repeated abuses of the rights of American citizens during the pandemic and his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/illinois-lawmaker-seeks-to-criminalize-flying-american-flag-upside-down\/\" title=\"Illinois legislator proposes law to outlaw upside...down display of American flag\">politically motivated efforts<\/a> to investigate Members of Congress must also be subject to a full accounting to ensure nothing similar ever happens again,&rdquo; Warrington wrote then.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">In June, I filed a special access request under my authority as Chairman of the Subcommittee on the Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>Behind the scenes, we&rsquo;ve been fighting President Biden&rsquo;s assertion of executive privilege. Today, we won.<\/p>\n<p>Time to release the documents.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VuNOWkcSlv\">https:\/\/t.co\/VuNOWkcSlv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Senator Eric Schmitt (@SenEricSchmitt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenEricSchmitt\/status\/2001047676024922580?\">December 16, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Congress has a compelling need in service of its legislative functions to understand the circumstances that led to all these horrific events,&rdquo; the December letter said.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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The president said such a privilege claim is not in the country\u2019s best interests. White House counsel David Warrington sent a letter to the National Archives and Records Administration directing that Congress be given the requested materials, noting that NARA had told the White House in December that Biden had asserted privilege over several documents.<\/p>\n<p>The article also describes broader disputes with Senate probes: the Senate\u2019s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations sought records related to what it called a \u201ccoverup\u201d of Biden\u2019s health and cognitive decline, and Biden had tried to block two Senate Judiciary Committee requests about alleged coordinated efforts by the Biden administration against Trump through politically motivated investigations. The White House argued that executive privilege should not shield evidence of a president\u2019s attempts to imprison his opponent. A third set of documents concerning the Biden family\u2019s finances and potential conflicts could not be kept private, including records about Ukraine while Hunter Biden sat on a Ukrainian energy firm\u2019s board. Warrington said there was no constitutional basis he could find to extend these protections to Biden\u2019s efforts to aid his son\u2019s business deals, and he urged that the privileged pages be provided to the congressional committees. 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