executive privilege

Cummings Favored Executive Privilege Under Obama But Not For Trump

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Elijah CummingsSara Carter – House Oversight and Reform Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings (D-MD) was once a big defender of executive privilege, that is until President Donald Trump was elected.

Cummings vote Wednesday to hold Justice Department Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in contempt of Congress is a major turn around the lawmaker, who previously supported the use of executive privilege during the Obama Administration.

Despite months of cooperation with Cummings committee, he targeted Barr and Ross for failing to comply with subpoenas seeking information on the administration’s decision to include a citizenship question on the 2020 census. Continue reading →

President Trump Asserts Executive Privilege Over Census Documents

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censorshipCristina Laila – President Trump thumped Rep. Elijah Cummings on Wednesday and asserted executive privilege over subpoenaed documents related to the 2020 census question.

Cummings threatened to hold Attorney General Bill Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in contempt Wednesday morning for defying congressional subpoenas to testify and turn over docs.

After hitting back at Cummings Tuesday night and threatening to assert executive privilege, Assistant Attorney General Stephen Boyd sent the House Oversight Committee another letter Wednesday morning saying the Trump Administration has “engaged in good-faith efforts” to satisfy the committee’s oversight requests, reported the Associated Press. Continue reading →

Trump Asserts Executive Privilege on House Democrats

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trumpTTN – President Trump has finally asserted executive privilege over the Mueller report. This comes in response to House Democrat’s requests for an unredacted Mueller report (which is prohibited by law) and all of the evidentiary documentation.

According to CNBC:

President Donald Trump will assert executive privilege over special counsel Robert Mueller’s full, unredacted report and materials used to prepare it in a dispute  with House Democrats, seeking to keep those materials out of Congress’s hands, his spokeswoman said Wednesday.

The move came as House Democrats continued to press for the Justice Department to turn over the full Mueller report and other background material used to put it together.

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