#executiveprivilege — Public Fediverse posts

The #DOJ brought the case against Bannon during Democrat Joe Biden’s presidency, but it changed course after #Trump took office again last year.

#SteveBannon had initially argued that his testimony was protected by Trump’s claim of #ExecutivePrivilege. But the #House panel & the DOJ contended such a claim was dubious because Trump had fired Bannon…in 2017 & he was thus a private citizen when consulting with Trump in the run-up to the #Jan6 #insurrection.

#SCOTUS #law #Congress #oversight

The #DOJ brought the case against Bannon during Democrat Joe Biden’s presidency, but it changed course after #Trump took office again last year.

#SteveBannon had initially argued that his testimony was protected by Trump’s claim of #ExecutivePrivilege. But the #House panel & the DOJ contended such a claim was dubious because Trump had fired Bannon…in 2017 & he was thus a private citizen when consulting with Trump in the run-up to the #Jan6 #insurrection.

#SCOTUS #law #Congress #oversight

Trump Claims Executive Privilege To Keep More Than 4,000 January 6 Documents Locked Up

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2025/12/10/trump-claims-executive-privilege-to-keep-more-than-4000-january-6-documents-locked-up/

Trump Claims Executive Privilege To Keep More Than 4,000 January 6 Documents Locked Up

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2025/12/10/trump-claims-executive-privilege-to-keep-more-than-4000-january-6-documents-locked-up/

Trump Claims Executive Privilege To Keep More Than 4,000 January 6 Documents Locked Up

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2025/12/10/trump-claims-executive-privilege-to-keep-more-than-4000-january-6-documents-locked-up/

Trump Claims Executive Privilege To Keep More Than 4,000 January 6 Documents Locked Up

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2025/12/10/trump-claims-executive-privilege-to-keep-more-than-4000-january-6-documents-locked-up/

#Louisiana #Governor #JeffLandry is #withholding #records from the #public by #citing #madeup #exemptions that do not #exist in #law.

He refused to release records #citing “#deliberativeprocess” and “#executiveprivilege” #exemptions, among other reasons, even though those phrases do not exist in the #PublicRecords #Statute.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Louisiana #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Censorship #RepublicanParty #ThePartyOfHate

https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/politics/jeff-landry-public-records-deliberative-process-executive-privilege/article_e36d8f3d-2f4d-56a2-93a9-ec9953669b7a.html

#Louisiana #Governor #JeffLandry is #withholding #records from the #public by #citing #madeup #exemptions that do not #exist in #law.

He refused to release records #citing “#deliberativeprocess” and “#executiveprivilege” #exemptions, among other reasons, even though those phrases do not exist in the #PublicRecords #Statute.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Louisiana #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Censorship #RepublicanParty #ThePartyOfHate

https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/politics/jeff-landry-public-records-deliberative-process-executive-privilege/article_e36d8f3d-2f4d-56a2-93a9-ec9953669b7a.html

#Louisiana #Governor #JeffLandry is #withholding #records from the #public by #citing #madeup #exemptions that do not #exist in #law.

He refused to release records #citing “#deliberativeprocess” and “#executiveprivilege” #exemptions, among other reasons, even though those phrases do not exist in the #PublicRecords #Statute.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Louisiana #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Censorship #RepublicanParty #ThePartyOfHate

https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/politics/jeff-landry-public-records-deliberative-process-executive-privilege/article_e36d8f3d-2f4d-56a2-93a9-ec9953669b7a.html

#Louisiana #Governor #JeffLandry is #withholding #records from the #public by #citing #madeup #exemptions that do not #exist in #law.

He refused to release records #citing “#deliberativeprocess” and “#executiveprivilege” #exemptions, among other reasons, even though those phrases do not exist in the #PublicRecords #Statute.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Louisiana #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Censorship #RepublicanParty #ThePartyOfHate

https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/politics/jeff-landry-public-records-deliberative-process-executive-privilege/article_e36d8f3d-2f4d-56a2-93a9-ec9953669b7a.html

#Louisiana #Governor #JeffLandry is #withholding #records from the #public by #citing #madeup #exemptions that do not #exist in #law.

He refused to release records #citing “#deliberativeprocess” and “#executiveprivilege” #exemptions, among other reasons, even though those phrases do not exist in the #PublicRecords #Statute.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Louisiana #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Censorship #RepublicanParty #ThePartyOfHate

https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/politics/jeff-landry-public-records-deliberative-process-executive-privilege/article_e36d8f3d-2f4d-56a2-93a9-ec9953669b7a.html

…while the subject of the hearing may seem rather technical, what is most unusual is that it is happening at all.
Reaching back to the early 1970s, courts have repeatedly rejected efforts like #Trump’s to question the legality of #independent #prosecutors. Those have included #SCOTUS upholding the appointment of Leon Jaworski, one of the special prosecutors who investigated the #Watergate scandal, in a decision that was largely focused on the issue of #Nixon’s claims of #ExecutivePrivilege.
#law

'The [U.S.] Justice Department on Thursday informed House Republicans that President Joe Biden has formally asserted executive privilege over the audio of his interview with special counsel Robert Hur, a move that DOJ says effectively shields Attorney General Merrick Garland from any criminal exposure as the Republican lawmakers move toward trying to hold him in contempt of Congress."

ABC News reports the Justice Department has already released a full transcript of the interview. The White House believes the audio would be used for "partisan political purposes."

https://flip.it/GThbUj

#Biden #ExecutivePrivilege #USPolitics #Elections #News

The letters were sent hrs before #GOP-led #House Oversight & Judiciary cmtes were to advance a #contempt resolution against AG #Garland for defying a #subpoena demanding the recordings, which include hrs of Special Counsel Hur interviewing #Biden.

#DOJ also sent #HouseRepublicans a letter Garland wrote Biden on Wed requesting he assert #ExecutivePrivilege bc releasing the tapes would “damage future #law enforcement efforts," as investigators request voluntary cooperation from #WhiteHouse ofcls.

#WhiteHouse says special counsel Hur tapes are covered by #ExecutivePrivilege as #Congress moves to hold #Garland in contempt

#POTUS #Biden asserted #ExecutivePrivilege over the audio & video recordings from the investigation into his handling of classified materials & will not provide them to #HouseRepublicans, the White House & the #DOJ said in separate letters to #House #Republican *leaders* Thurs.

#Republicans #politics #law
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/05/16/biden-hur-privilege-merrick-garland-contempt-impeachment/

Trump’s Secret Plan to Expand Presidential Immunity To ‘King George’ Levels

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trumps-secret-plan-expand-presidential-immunity-1234955710/

#TrumpPresidentialImmunity #ExpandPresidentialImmunity #KingGeorgeLevels #PresidentialPower #ExecutivePrivilege #ConstitutionalChecks #Politics #News

Trump’s Secret Plan to Expand Presidential Immunity To ‘King George’ Levels

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trumps-secret-plan-expand-presidential-immunity-1234955710/

#TrumpPresidentialImmunity #ExpandPresidentialImmunity #KingGeorgeLevels #PresidentialPower #ExecutivePrivilege #ConstitutionalChecks #Politics #News

Trump’s Secret Plan to Expand Presidential Immunity To ‘King George’ Levels

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trumps-secret-plan-expand-presidential-immunity-1234955710/

#TrumpPresidentialImmunity #ExpandPresidentialImmunity #KingGeorgeLevels #PresidentialPower #ExecutivePrivilege #ConstitutionalChecks #Politics #News

Trump’s Secret Plan to Expand Presidential Immunity To ‘King George’ Levels

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trumps-secret-plan-expand-presidential-immunity-1234955710/

#TrumpPresidentialImmunity #ExpandPresidentialImmunity #KingGeorgeLevels #PresidentialPower #ExecutivePrivilege #ConstitutionalChecks #Politics #News

Trump’s Secret Plan to Expand Presidential Immunity To ‘King George’ Levels

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trumps-secret-plan-expand-presidential-immunity-1234955710/

#TrumpPresidentialImmunity #ExpandPresidentialImmunity #KingGeorgeLevels #PresidentialPower #ExecutivePrivilege #ConstitutionalChecks #Politics #News

#FederalJudge #AmitMehta cites lack of "#contrition" in 4 month #prison sentence for #Trump advisor #PeterNavarro #Contempt of #Congress case over #Jan6th #Insurrection riot hearings. Navarro who claimed #ExecutivePrivilege as excuse to ignore #Congressional #subpoena received same #sentence as #SteveBannon whose #conviction is still out on appeal for similar matter.

“I have a great deal of respect for your client and all he’s accomplished. I really do,” #Mehta told #Navarro's #LegalTeam Thursday. “That’s what makes it all the more disappointing the way he behaved.”

https://themessenger.com/politics/peter-navarro-trump-sentence-prison-contempt-congress-january-6

#FederalJudge #AmitMehta cites lack of "#contrition" in 4 month #prison sentence for #Trump advisor #PeterNavarro #Contempt of #Congress case over #Jan6th #Insurrection riot hearings. Navarro who claimed #ExecutivePrivilege as excuse to ignore #Congressional #subpoena received same #sentence as #SteveBannon whose #conviction is still out on appeal for similar matter.

“I have a great deal of respect for your client and all he’s accomplished. I really do,” #Mehta told #Navarro's #LegalTeam Thursday. “That’s what makes it all the more disappointing the way he behaved.”

https://themessenger.com/politics/peter-navarro-trump-sentence-prison-contempt-congress-january-6

#FederalJudge #AmitMehta cites lack of "#contrition" in 4 month #prison sentence for #Trump advisor #PeterNavarro #Contempt of #Congress case over #Jan6th #Insurrection riot hearings. Navarro who claimed #ExecutivePrivilege as excuse to ignore #Congressional #subpoena received same #sentence as #SteveBannon whose #conviction is still out on appeal for similar matter.

“I have a great deal of respect for your client and all he’s accomplished. I really do,” #Mehta told #Navarro's #LegalTeam Thursday. “That’s what makes it all the more disappointing the way he behaved.”

https://themessenger.com/politics/peter-navarro-trump-sentence-prison-contempt-congress-january-6

#FederalJudge #AmitMehta cites lack of "#contrition" in 4 month #prison sentence for #Trump advisor #PeterNavarro #Contempt of #Congress case over #Jan6th #Insurrection riot hearings. Navarro who claimed #ExecutivePrivilege as excuse to ignore #Congressional #subpoena received same #sentence as #SteveBannon whose #conviction is still out on appeal for similar matter.

“I have a great deal of respect for your client and all he’s accomplished. I really do,” #Mehta told #Navarro's #LegalTeam Thursday. “That’s what makes it all the more disappointing the way he behaved.”

https://themessenger.com/politics/peter-navarro-trump-sentence-prison-contempt-congress-january-6

#Twitter, now known as #X, can still take its case to #SCOTUS. The case split the DC Circuit along partisan lines, w/ 4 Republican appointees saying #Trump should have been able to argue some of the info from X be withheld from the government.

“#Judicial disregard of #ExecutivePrivilege undermines the Presidency, not just the fmr Pres being investigated in this case,” (for twitter dms?) Judge Neomi Rao wrote for the disagreeing group.

#law #legal

Steve Bannon Appeals Conviction in Jan. 6 Committee Contempt Case
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit took the case under consideration.

WASHINGTON -- Former President Donald Trump’s longtime ally Steve Bannon on Thursday appealed his criminal conviction for defying a subpoena from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 in
https://newsviews.online/2023/11/09/steve-bannon-appeals-conviction-in-jan-6-committee-contempt-case/
#Sedition #ExecutivePrivilege

Trump: ‘I’m Allowed to Do Whatever I Want’ With Classified Info

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-testify-classified-docs-case-1234819404/

#TrumpClassifiedInfo #PresidentialAuthority #NationalSecurity #ClassifiedDocs #ExecutivePrivilege #Accountability #Politics #News

Trump: ‘I’m Allowed to Do Whatever I Want’ With Classified Info

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-testify-classified-docs-case-1234819404/

#TrumpClassifiedInfo #PresidentialAuthority #NationalSecurity #ClassifiedDocs #ExecutivePrivilege #Accountability #Politics #News

Trump: ‘I’m Allowed to Do Whatever I Want’ With Classified Info

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-testify-classified-docs-case-1234819404/

#TrumpClassifiedInfo #PresidentialAuthority #NationalSecurity #ClassifiedDocs #ExecutivePrivilege #Accountability #Politics #News

Trump: ‘I’m Allowed to Do Whatever I Want’ With Classified Info

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-testify-classified-docs-case-1234819404/

#TrumpClassifiedInfo #PresidentialAuthority #NationalSecurity #ClassifiedDocs #ExecutivePrivilege #Accountability #Politics #News

Trump: ‘I’m Allowed to Do Whatever I Want’ With Classified Info

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-testify-classified-docs-case-1234819404/

#TrumpClassifiedInfo #PresidentialAuthority #NationalSecurity #ClassifiedDocs #ExecutivePrivilege #Accountability #Politics #News

The #ruling on the #ExecutivePrivilege issue by Judge Amit P. Mehta was a blow to #Navarro, denying him a potentially helpful #trial #defense against 2 #misdemeanor counts of #contempt, each punishable by up to a year in #prison. #Jury selection is scheduled to begin Tues. Navarro has pleaded not guilty.

A judge ruled Wed that #PeterNavarro, a #Trump White House adviser charged w/ #criminal #contempt of Congress, cannot argue to a jury that he was barred by #ExecutivePrivilege from providing #testimony & #documents to the House cmte investigating the #Jan6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/08/30/peter-navarro-defense-executive-privilege-trump/

Attorney: New bombshell report confirms Mark Meadows “ratted out Trump to the Feds” - Meadows quietly agreed to cooperate with prosecutors amid Trump's executive privilege fight, New York Times reports

https://www.salon.com/2023/08/22/attorney-new-bombshell-report-confirms-mark-meadows-ratted-out-to-the-feds/

#Salon #MarkMeadows #Trump #Feds #ExecutivePrivilege #NewYorkTimes #Politics #News

"His batting average is zero": Expert says Trump has lost "every single executive privilege" claim

https://www.salon.com/2023/07/21/his-batting-average-is-zero-expert-says-has-lost-every-executive-privilege-claim/

#Salon #ExecutivePrivilege #Trump #BattingAverage #LostClaims #ExpertOpinion #Politics #News

"His batting average is zero": Expert says Trump has lost "every single executive privilege" claim

https://www.salon.com/2023/07/21/his-batting-average-is-zero-expert-says-has-lost-every-executive-privilege-claim/

#Salon #ExecutivePrivilege #Trump #BattingAverage #LostClaims #ExpertOpinion #Politics #News

"His batting average is zero": Expert says Trump has lost "every single executive privilege" claim

https://www.salon.com/2023/07/21/his-batting-average-is-zero-expert-says-has-lost-every-executive-privilege-claim/

#Salon #ExecutivePrivilege #Trump #BattingAverage #LostClaims #ExpertOpinion #Politics #News

"His batting average is zero": Expert says Trump has lost "every single executive privilege" claim

https://www.salon.com/2023/07/21/his-batting-average-is-zero-expert-says-has-lost-every-executive-privilege-claim/

#Salon #ExecutivePrivilege #Trump #BattingAverage #LostClaims #ExpertOpinion #Politics #News

"His batting average is zero": Expert says Trump has lost "every single executive privilege" claim

https://www.salon.com/2023/07/21/his-batting-average-is-zero-expert-says-has-lost-every-executive-privilege-claim/

#Salon #ExecutivePrivilege #Trump #BattingAverage #LostClaims #ExpertOpinion #Politics #News

Trump allegedly took classified documents on 'nuclear programs' and more: What to know

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-allegedly-classified-documents-nuclear-programs/story?id=99968546&cid=social_twitter_abcn

#ABCNews #TrumpClassifiedDocuments #NuclearPrograms #NationalSecurityThreat #ExecutivePrivilege #GovernmentLeaks #Politics #News

Trump Case Isn’t About ‘Documents,’ It’s About National Security |

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-case-isnt-about-documents-its-about-national-security?ref=home?ref=home

#TheDailyBeast #TrumpNationalSecurity #DocumentControversy #ExecutivePrivilege #ImpeachmentInquiry #USConstitution #Politics #News

Trump Case Isn’t About ‘Documents,’ It’s About National Security |

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-case-isnt-about-documents-its-about-national-security?ref=home?ref=home

#TheDailyBeast #TrumpNationalSecurity #DocumentControversy #ExecutivePrivilege #ImpeachmentInquiry #USConstitution #Politics #News

Trump Case Isn’t About ‘Documents,’ It’s About National Security |

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-case-isnt-about-documents-its-about-national-security?ref=home?ref=home

#TheDailyBeast #TrumpNationalSecurity #DocumentControversy #ExecutivePrivilege #ImpeachmentInquiry #USConstitution #Politics #News

Trump Case Isn’t About ‘Documents,’ It’s About National Security |

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-case-isnt-about-documents-its-about-national-security?ref=home?ref=home

#TheDailyBeast #TrumpNationalSecurity #DocumentControversy #ExecutivePrivilege #ImpeachmentInquiry #USConstitution #Politics #News

Trump Case Isn’t About ‘Documents,’ It’s About National Security |

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-case-isnt-about-documents-its-about-national-security?ref=home?ref=home

#TheDailyBeast #TrumpNationalSecurity #DocumentControversy #ExecutivePrivilege #ImpeachmentInquiry #USConstitution #Politics #News

Trump Suggests He Knowingly Took Documents From White House

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/11/us/politics/trump-documents-white-house.html

#NYTimes #TrumpWhiteHouseDocuments #PresidentialRecordsAct #ExecutivePrivilege #GovernmentTransparency #Accountability #Politics #News

Trump Suggests He Knowingly Took Documents From White House

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/11/us/politics/trump-documents-white-house.html

#NYTimes #TrumpWhiteHouseDocuments #PresidentialRecordsAct #ExecutivePrivilege #GovernmentTransparency #Accountability #Politics #News

Trump Suggests He Knowingly Took Documents From White House

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/11/us/politics/trump-documents-white-house.html

#NYTimes #TrumpWhiteHouseDocuments #PresidentialRecordsAct #ExecutivePrivilege #GovernmentTransparency #Accountability #Politics #News

Trump Suggests He Knowingly Took Documents From White House

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/11/us/politics/trump-documents-white-house.html

#NYTimes #TrumpWhiteHouseDocuments #PresidentialRecordsAct #ExecutivePrivilege #GovernmentTransparency #Accountability #Politics #News

Trump Suggests He Knowingly Took Documents From White House

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/11/us/politics/trump-documents-white-house.html

#NYTimes #TrumpWhiteHouseDocuments #PresidentialRecordsAct #ExecutivePrivilege #GovernmentTransparency #Accountability #Politics #News