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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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Prosecutors, though, say Bannon had left the White House years before and Trump had never invoked executive privilege in front of the committee.
—Samuel Burke, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2024
His legal team had argued that the congressional subpoena was invalid because Trump had asserted executive privilege.
—Samuel Burke, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2024
Navarro argued at his trial that executive privilege prevented him from cooperating with the committee.
—Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 29 Oct. 2024
Both had received letters from a lawyer for the former president directing them not to respond to subpoenas from the committee, citing executive privilege.
—Glenn Kessler, Washington Post, 18 July 2024
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First Known Use
1909, in the meaning defined above
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“Executive privilege.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/executive%20privilege. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.
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