Show threadNonilexApr 6

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

Techdirt [Unofficial]Dec 10

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

The administration that is busy erasing history from any federal entity tasked with preserving it has an additional ally in the burying-the-bad-news business: Donald Trump, the former president. Ye…

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joe•iuculano Sep 16, 2025

Via the #MeidasTouchNetwork @ ~9:00am ET on Sept 16, 2025

Trump Loses His Own IMMUNITY over Fatal mistake.
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#MeidasTouch host #BenMeiselas reports on how Donald #Trump just waived his #immunity and #ExecutivePrivilege by filing what Meiselas believes to be a completely frivolous lawsuit against The #NewYorkTimes and its reporters and Meiselas urges The NY Times to take Trump’s #deposition and demand discovery immediately.

#KamalaHarris

https://youtube.com/watch?v=KNZHebEBdVU&si=D97blBUvDSzXAxnC

Trump LOSES his OWN IMMUNITY Over FATAL MISTAKE

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Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈Aug 5, 2024

#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

Jeff Landry is withholding records from the public by citing an exemption that's not in law

Critics say there's no legal justification for it and that Landry's administration is essentially daring people to sue.

The Advocate
Show threadNonilexJun 20, 2024
…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
Flipboard News DeskMay 16, 2024

'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

Biden asserts executive privilege over audio of interview with special counsel Hur

Republicans are still moving ahead with trying to hold AG Garland in contempt.

ABC News
Show threadNonilexMay 16, 2024
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.
NonilexMay 16, 2024

#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/

White House says Hur tapes are privileged as Congress moves to hold Garland in contempt

President Biden has asserted executive privilege over audio and video recordings from the special counsel investigation into his handling of classified materials.

The Washington Post
U.S. Politics in Real TimeJan 29, 2024

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

Trump and his allies are planning to expand presidential immunity to ‘King George’ levels if he beats Joe Biden in the 2024 election.

Rolling Stone
LilMikeSFJan 25, 2024

#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

Former Trump White House Adviser Peter Navarro Sentenced to Four Months in Prison

An appeal was filed after Thursday's hearing, where U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta said Navarro had shown no 'genuine acceptance of responsibility' and claimed his trial was a 'political prosecution.'

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