The Justice Department has notified former government officials that it has consulted with the White House counsel's office and that it "would not be appropriate to assert executive privilege with respect to communications with former President Trump and his advisers and staff on matters related to the committee's proposed interviews," according to a person who has read the letter from department official Bradley Weinsheimer.
The decision could clear a path for former Justice Department officials to testify about an attempt to oust then-acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen and replace him with someone sympathetic to the former president's baseless arguments about election fraud in the days before the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
But the decision also could portend court challenges by Trump and others with whom he talked on Jan. 6, the person said.
Bold emphasis mine. They will probably try to say that what they know is still exclusive and needs to be not spoken to protect Trump. This is saying "don't try it."