The White House is taking steps to release information to a congressional committee investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol about what former President Donald Trump and his aides were doing as violence erupted that day
"As President Biden has said, the events of January 6th were a dark stain on our country's history, and they represented an attack on the foundations of our constitution and democracy in a way that few other events have," White House spokesman Michael Gwin said in a statement to CNN."The President is deeply committed to ensuring that something like that can never happen again and he supports a thorough investigation into what occurred," Gwin said.
Such a stance eases the way for House investigators to get access to a trove of documents and to seek testimony from top White House officials from the previous administration.But any decision from the Biden White House could still run into legal challenges from Trump and members of his administration whose testimony is likely to be sought, possibly delaying any access by investigators.
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