Biden White House wants to release information about what Trump and his aides were doing during Jan 6 Capitol attack to House committee The White House will likely comply with requests for information about what President Donald Trump and his aides were doing on January 6 The Washington Post reported that the White House wants to err on the side of disclosure and hand over documents to the House's select committee Trump has said he will claim 'executive privilege' to block requests from Congress for information about the insurrection By Nikki Schwab, Senior U.S. Political Reporter For Dailymail.com Published: 17:22 BST, 23 September 2021 | Updated: 17:29 BST, 23 September 2021 Viewcomments President Joe Biden's White House will likely comply with requests for information about what former President Donald Trump and his aides were doing during the January 6 Capitol attack - setting up a legal battle with the ex-president. The Washington Post reported Thursday that the White House wants to err on the side of disclosure, according to two unnamed sources, and hand over documents to the House select committee that is probing the events of January 6. Trump has said he will claim 'executive privilege' to block requests from Congress for information about the insurrection. President Joe Biden's White House will likely comply with requests for information about what former President Donald Trump and his aides were doing during the January 6 Capitol attack Former President Donald Trump, seen speaking at the rally preceding the January 6 Capitol attack, said he will claim 'executive privilege' to block Congressional requests for information on what he was doing that day Supporters of former President Donald Trump ransacked the Capitol Building on January 6 - which is now being investigated by a House select committee 'The highly partisan, Communist-style "select committee" has put forth an outrageously broad records request that lacks both legal precedent and legislative merit,' Trump spokesman Taylor Budowich told The Post. 'Executive privilege will be defended, not just on behalf of President Trump and his administration, but also on behalf of the Office of the President of the United States and the future of our nation.' White House spokesman Michael Gwin told The Post that Biden views the January 6 attack as a 'dark stain on our country's history.' Biden is 'deeply committed to ensuring that something like that can never happen again, and he supports a thorough investigation,' Gwin said. Lawmakers on the Democrat-run January 6 select committee argue that Trump no longer gets the benefit of executive privilege. 'It's not really relevant because there's no president involved - there's no such thing as a former president's executive privilege,' Rep. Jamie Raskin, a Maryland Democrat, told The Post. 'That's extremely dilute and not really relevant,' Raskin added. Raskin teaches constitutional law. The House select committee - which House Speaker Nancy Pelosi assembled after Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell tanked a bill that would have created a 9/11-style bipartisan commission to prob 1/6 - asked the National Archives on August 25 for 'all documents and communications within the White House on January 6, 2021, relating in any way' to the Capitol attack. Share or comment on this article: All rights reserved for this news site (dailymail) and under his responsibility