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Accordingly, President Biden does not uphold the former President’s assertions of privilege as to any of the records for which review is now complete. He therefore instructs you, in accord with Section 4(b) of Executive Order 13489, to provide to the Select Committee the records in that set identified as privileged by the former President. In light of the urgency of the Select Committee’s need for the information, the President further instructs you to provide those records 15 days after your notification to the former President, unless prohibited by court order. If the 15-day period expires on a weekend or holiday, you should provide the records to the Select Committee on the next business day.
Some of the documents in question involved litigation in which certain parties were represented by the Department of Justice. In order to protect longstanding Executive Branch interests, production of those records should be in camera. A complete list of records for in camera review has been provided by my staff. Moreover, consistent with my prior instructions, non-responsive content in otherwise responsive records should be redacted as appropriate in any documents produced to the Select Committee.
Sincerely,
Dana A. Remus
Counsel to the President
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