executive privilege
noun
: exemption from legally enforced disclosure of communications within the executive branch of government when such disclosure would adversely affect the functions and decision-making processes of the executive branch
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And although just before Bannon’s trial Trump himself suggested his former strategist was blocked from testifying by executive privilege, an attorney for Trump had told Bannon’s lawyers the opposite.
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Rachel Weiner, Washington Post, 21 June 2024
The defense has said Bannon had been relying on the advice on his attorney, who believed that Bannon couldn't testify or produce documents because Trump had invoked executive privilege.
—CBS News, 20 June 2024
Garland gave them a transcript but said the White House had exerted executive privilege on the tapes.
—Ron Elving, NPR, 15 June 2024
For example, the Justice Department took the same position in 2019 after then President Donald Trump asserted executive privilege after Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross and Attorney General William Barr did not turn over certain documents to the House Oversight Committee.
—Luke Barr, ABC News, 14 June 2024
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Rachel Weiner, Washington Post, 21 June 2024
The defense has said Bannon had been relying on the advice on his attorney, who believed that Bannon couldn't testify or produce documents because Trump had invoked executive privilege.
—CBS News, 20 June 2024
Garland gave them a transcript but said the White House had exerted executive privilege on the tapes.
—Ron Elving, NPR, 15 June 2024
For example, the Justice Department took the same position in 2019 after then President Donald Trump asserted executive privilege after Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross and Attorney General William Barr did not turn over certain documents to the House Oversight Committee.
—Luke Barr, ABC News, 14 June 2024
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“Executive privilege.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/executive%20privilege. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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