Executive Privilege

• Trump’s Jan. 6 attack records may reach Congress Friday after another judge’s ruling

  A U.S. judge declined to pause enforcing her own earlier ruling denying Trump's request to block sending White House records to a committee investigating the attack on the Capitol.

  World

  Nov 10, 2021
  
• Trump’s White House records on Jan. 6 attack can be accessed by Congress, judge rules

  The judge rejected an argument by Trump's lawyers that the documents should be hidden from the Jan. 6 committee under executive privilege.

  World

  Nov 9, 2021
  
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• Trump sues to block records related to U.S. Capitol insurrection from Congress

  In a federal lawsuit, Trump said the Jan. 6 committee's request was "almost limitless in scope," and sought records with no reasonable connection to that day.

  World

  Oct 18, 2021
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• Executive privilege: Can Trump use presidential powers to withhold the Mueller report?

  There are so few court decisions on executive privilege that it is hard to be certain if Trump can withhold the unredacted report and underlying evidence, said a lawyer in Washington who focuses on political investigations.

  Politics

  May 8, 2019
• Could Trump use ‘executive privilege’ to block former FBI boss Comey’s testimony?

  The term "executive privilege" is not in the U.S. Constitution, but has been invoked by presidents to withhold private White House deliberations and records from Congress.

  Politics

  Jun 2, 2017