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The Justice Department is telling former Trump Administration officials they may testify to congressional probes into the Jan. 6th riot, citing 'extraordinary circumstances' that weigh against normal constraints on closely-held information.
The guidance comes in a letter by career DOJ official Bradley Weinsheimer, who has spent decades at the Department.
'The extraordinary events in this matter constitute exceptional circumstances warranting an accommodation to Congress,' according to a copy of the memo obtained by the New York Times.
The Justice Department has told former Trump Administration officials they can testify to probes of the Jan. 6 riot, due to 'exceptional circumstances' despite the need to protect nonpublic information
Weinsheimer, an official in the Deputy AG's office, wrote: 'Department lawyers, including those who have left the department, are obligated to protect nonpublic information they learned in the course of their work,' before pointed to the 'extraordinary events' of the riot.
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