Paradoxically, efforts to hold the former President to account may offer him the kind of oxygen he craves for his politics of insurrection. Trump’s claims that he alone has the right to assert executive privilege also appear designed to obstruct the committee’s work with interminable legal suits and appeals through multiple courts. The twice-impeached former President’s attempt to hamstring the January 6 committee is also in line with his repeated efforts to avoid consequences for his anti-democratic behavior. He has convinced tens of millions of his voters that Biden is an illegitimate president through lies about voter fraud. But nothing in the modern era matches the confrontation between the 45th and 46th Presidents. Many presidents have expressed private frustration with the antics of their predecessors. There have been occasions in US history when former presidents have sniped at and tried to undermine their successors. The development was first reported by CNN.
Joe Biden and Donald Trump are locked in an extraordinary and escalating clash that has profound political consequences now and into 2024.īiden took the showdown, which was triggered by the fallout over the US Capitol insurrection, up another notch on Monday by refusing to assert executive privilege over a second batch of documents that Trump wants to prevent the National Archives from turning over to the House select committing probing the January 6 attack.
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