Psaki: Trump’s ‘Actions Represented a Unique and Existential Threat to Our Democracy’

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PSAKI: "Our view, and I think the view of the vast majority of Americans, is that former President Trump abused the office of the presidency and attempted to subvert a peaceful transfer of power, something that had happened between Democratic and Republican presidencies for decades and decades throughout history. The former president’s actions represented a unique and existential threat to our democracy that we don’t feel can be swept under the rug. And as President Biden determined, and as we have provided updates to all of you, as we’ve made — as our legal team has made evaluations, the constitutional protections of executive privilege should not be used to shield information that reflects a clear and apparent effort to subvert the Constitution itself."