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"Biden has determined that an assertion of executive privilege
is not in the best interests of the United States, and therefore
is not justified," Biden's counsel Dana Remus wrote in an Oct.
25 letter to the National Archives and Records Administration.
Taylor Budowich, a spokesman for Trump, did not immediately
respond to a request for comment.
A U.S. House of Representatives committee is investigating the
Jan. 6 storming of Congress by Trump supporters who were seeking
to halt lawmakers from certifying Biden's presidential victory.
Five people died amid the attack and nearly 700 people now face
criminal charges.
A Democrat, Biden earlier this month blocked Trump's first bid
to withhold an initial tranche of documents related to Jan. 6
when the former Republican president still was in office,
prompting Trump to file a lawsuit.
In both cases, the White House told the federal archivist that
Congress must "understand the circumstances that led to ... the
most serious attack on the operations of the federal government
since the Civil War."
Citing the urgency of the congressional request, Biden ordered
the archives to provide the latest documents 30 days after
notifying Trump unless a court intervenes.
Lawmakers are also seeking testimony from a number of
individuals, including top Trump aides and allies. One, Steve
Bannon, has refused to appear citing Trump's claim of executive
privilege and could face criminal charges.
(Reporting by Steve Holland and Jan Wolfe; Writing by Susan
Heavey; Editing by Bernadette Baum)
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