Former US president Donald Trump is claiming executive privilege to stop his White House records related to January 6 being handed to a US house committee investigating the insurrection. AP
Former US president Donald Trump is claiming executive privilege to stop his White House records related to January 6 being handed to a US house committee investigating the insurrection. AP

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