Trump Administration Invokes Executive Privilege Over Mueller Report

[Dulcinea]

The Trump administration has invoked executive privilege over the contents of the Mueller report, escalating the confrontation between congressional Democrats and the White House over documents related to the investigation of President Trump and the Russian interference in the 2016 election.

Assistant Attorney General Stephen Boyd released a letter to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., "to advise you that the President has asserted executive privilege over the entirety of the subpoenaed materials."

The letter called it a"protective assertion" to ensure "the president's ability to make a final decision whether to assert privilege following a full review of these materials."

The assertion came as the House Judiciary Committee debated whether to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress for refusing its demands to turn over an unredacted version of the report.

https://www.npr.org/2019/05/08/721378673/trump-administration-invokes-executive-privilege-over-mueller-report

[PoliticAverse]

1. Off to the courts. n/t

[lagomorph777]

2. What's he hiding?

Say it often, say it loudly.

He's obviously hiding something extremely bad.