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erpowers

(9,350 posts)
Wed May 8, 2019, 06:15 PM May 2019

Trump asserts executive privilege over entire Mueller report

Source: Yahoo!

As Democrats in the House continue to push for the full unredacted release of the Mueller report, President Trump has invoked his executive authority to stop the release of any documents. CBSN contributor and former prosecutor Rebecca Roiphe and CBS News chief congressional correspondent Nancy Cordes have more on the latest developments.

Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-asserts-executive-privilege-over-195624477.html



Sorry for the lack of information from the Yahoo! link. I have provided a link to a USA Today article that has more information.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/05/08/mueller-report-donald-trump-asserts-executive-privilege/1140143001/

The White House said Wednesday that President Donald Trump has asserted executive privilege over special counsel Robert Mueller’s report into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.

The decision, announced by White House press secretary Sarah Sanders, came as the House Judiciary Committee debated whether to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress for refusing to provide the entire unredacted report to lawmakers.

The decision marks the first time in Trump's presidency that he has invoked his protective powers to withhold information from the public and likely sets up a protracted legal battle between the administration and congressional Democrats, who have been pushing for access to the full 448-page report and its underlying evidence.

By asserting executive privilege, the White House is denying Congress access to the evidence gathered during Mueller's investigation. The House Judiciary Committee has issued subpoenas for the materials.
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asiliveandbreathe

(8,203 posts)
1. Chairman Nadler is sooo ready..from his home page...the timeline at the link - enough...
Wed May 8, 2019, 06:20 PM
May 2019

“Tonight, in the middle of good faith negotiations with the Attorney General, the Department abruptly announced that it would instead ask President Trump to invoke executive privilege on all of the materials subject to our subpoena. This is, of course, not how executive privilege works. The White House waived these privileges long ago, and the Department seemed open to sharing these materials with us earlier today. The Department’s legal arguments are without credibility, merit, or legal or factual basis.

https://nadler.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=393910

I read this last night at DU, and have posted elsewhere..didn't want it to get lost......

oldsoftie

(12,410 posts)
2. Screw all this nonsense & just get Mueller to testify. He'll come regardless of what trump wants
Wed May 8, 2019, 06:26 PM
May 2019

And he's the one that led the investigation, so HE can pretty much answer anything that Congress wants to ask. He can also resign from the Justice Dept to get away from trump if need be
Just DO IT already!!

10. This...
Wed May 8, 2019, 10:08 PM
May 2019

Mueller will be unshackled on the 15th.
It will be glorious.
No more hiding from the decent people of America.

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
3. Looks like the courts are going to have to decide all these things. ALL of them.
Wed May 8, 2019, 06:32 PM
May 2019

The White House is going to prevent anything and everything from being seen or heard or read or becoming known.

magicarpet

(13,941 posts)
5. The Unitary Executive Principle....
Wed May 8, 2019, 07:17 PM
May 2019

..... trDump does not see himself in occupation of the office of the pResident...

trDump thinks he is King,... bow to his royal highness.

Haggis for Breakfast

(6,831 posts)
9. I mean the actual LEGAL boundaries of E P.
Wed May 8, 2019, 09:08 PM
May 2019

Any Constitutional scholars here care to weigh in on this one ?

It's hard to find anything solid out there on this. Lots of explanations of what it is, but not so much about how far it can be taken.

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