Trump’s justice department has found a new way for presidents to avoid accountability
A recent memo claiming executive privilege over communications with private advisers invites corruption A recent office of legal counsel memo on executive privilege maintains that private advisers to a president can avoid responding to a subpoena by asserting the president’s executive privilege. The ability of presidents to shield communications from public view through claims of executive privilege, whether their own or those of a senior adviser, was already a powerful tool for presidents to…
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