executive privilege

Navarro Sentenced To 4 Months In Prison For Refusing To Comply With Jan 6 Subpoena
Where Things Stand: Trump Lawyer Tries To Shove Exec Privilege Assertion Into The Record Before Navarro Trial
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Former White House trade adviser Peter Navarro’s contempt trial for defying the Jan. 6 committee’s subpoena is coming up in less than a week. And Trump’s lawyers are asserting once more, in a last-ditch effort at proving something, that Navarro was right to have blown off the congressional subpoena because he was protected by executive privilege.

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Bannon Says He’s Open To Testifying Before Jan. 6 Panel After Trump Waives Privilege Claims
Biden Yanks Rug Out From Under Flynn And Navarro On Executive Privilege
Big Loss for Trump

Federal appeals court finds Trump’s claims of executive privilege to block a subpoena from the Jan. 6 committee to be utterly without merit.

Trump Tries To Block Jan. 6 Subpoena In Court
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All in all, things went well in court today for the Jan. 6 committee as it tries to enforce a subpoena for Trump presidential records. But there was one moment when the judge missed the significance of scope of the document requests, and the House lawyer didn’t bail her out. Josh Kovensky explains why the committee’s inquiry needs to start with what Trump was doing back in April 2020. Super important.

Trump Takes A Shot At Ending Accountability For All Presidents, Ever
How an absurd suit threatens the last avenues of accountability for the former president.
Executive Privilege Whack-A-Mole: Biden Rejects Trump’s Claim Again
Joe Biden White House Bats Down Trump’s Attempt To Withhold Jan. 6 Docs From Congress
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