Former Clinton White House Press Secretary Joe Lockhart: Trump “Hiding Behind Lawyers” to Avoid 1/6 Committee

Joe Lockhart, the erstwhile White House Press Secretary to erstwhile President Bill Clinton, called erstwhile President Donald Trump a “coward,” saying helium is “hiding down lawyers” to debar dealing with the House Select Committee tasked with investigating the events of January 6, the time a mob of Trump’s supporters stormed the United States Capitol to halt the certification of the 2020 wide predetermination results.

“One would deliberation Trump would privation to travel to DC and instrumentality connected the D’s. What a signifier to ain the libs,” Lockhart said successful a tweet. “But helium won’t due to the fact that of enforcement privilege — springiness maine a interruption helium won’t attest due to the fact that helium is simply a coward. A coward. Afraid and hiding down lawyers.” 

One would deliberation Trump would privation to travel to DC and instrumentality connected the D’s. What a signifier to ain the libs. But helium won’t due to the fact that of enforcement privilege— springiness maine a interruption helium won’t attest due to the fact that helium is simply a coward. A coward. Afraid and hiding down lawyers.

— Joe Lockhart (@joelockhart) November 16, 2021

Trump has refused to comply with a subpoena from House investigators seeking records from the National Archives, including telephone records and visitant logs. Trump has insisted that helium tin evoke enforcement privilege to debar complying with the request.

Trump has accused the House committee of harboring governmental animus against him.

“The Leftist ‘select committee’ has further exposed itself arsenic a partisan sham and discarded of payer dollars with a petition that’s timed to distract Americans from historical and planetary catastrophes brought connected by the failures of Joe Biden and the Democrats,” Trump said this summer. “These Democrats lone person 1 bushed trick—political theater—and their latest petition lone reinforces that pathetic reality.”