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Claustrum

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3. Is this correct though?

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Fri Oct 8, 2021, 05:36 PM

Oct 2021

I mean, lets say the republican go after Obama or Clinton for something they did in their terms. Then Obama or Clinton can't claim executive privilege for any conversations they made during his term? That just doesn't seem right to me because those conversations happened during Trump/Obama/Clinton's term, even though the probe is after they become ex-president.

I am not saying Trump isn't overreaching and waving the "executive privilege" like a magic wand. He certainly did it wrong when he asserted that privilege with Don Jr (which Don Jr wasn't employed by the executive branch, thus no privilege). I am simply saying that it makes sense in some instance for an ex-president to use "executive privilege" for conversations or things they did during their term.

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Trump Plans To Avoid Subpoenas By Invoking A Privilege He Doesn't Have [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2021 OP

of course elleng Oct 2021 #1

should have been dictator privilege... Thomas Hurt Oct 2021 #2

Is this correct though? Claustrum Oct 2021 #3

Executive privilege does not cover criminal activity. dchill Oct 2021 #5

But that's not the argument some and the person in the video is making. Claustrum Oct 2021 #6

My understanding is that executive privilege extends... dchill Oct 2021 #7

So are you saying former president can't apply executive privilege if there is a probe for thing and Claustrum Oct 2021 #9

It would seem to be a privilege, not an absolute right. dchill Oct 2021 #13

Most presidents have extended executive privilege... dchill Oct 2021 #8

EPs are moot if they're invoked to cover up conspiracies to overturn the results of elections Justice matters. Oct 2021 #10

Once again, I clearly understand Trump is using it wrong. Claustrum Oct 2021 #11

The point the video is making is a fact: TFG can't invoke any EP. Only Biden can. Justice matters. Oct 2021 #12

See... PoliticAverse Oct 2021 #15

Also, a pardon in every pocket? Just guessing? dchill Oct 2021 #4

Invoking executive privilege to protect crimes against the State would be a bridge too far bucolic_frolic Oct 2021 #14