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What Is a ‘Protective’ Assertion of Executive Privilege?
As widely reported, President Trump has formally asserted executive privilege in response to the House judiciary committee’s plan to hold Attorney General William Barr in -
Should the House Impeach If the Senate Won’t Convict?
From the day that Donald Trump was inaugurated as president, people have been arguing that he should be impeached. That effort faced some rather serious obstacles. Not everyone was convinced that any imp... -
Document: House Judiciary Committee Subpoenas Attorney General Bill Barr
The House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday issued a subpoena to Attorney General Bill Barr requesting the unredacted Mueller report and supporting documents. The subpoena is below. -
Document: Barr Letter to Trump Requesting Invocation of Executive Privilege
On Wednesday, Attorney General Bill Barr sent a letter to the president requesting that he invoke executive privilege over the Justice Department documents related to the Mueller report that the House Ju... -
Document: Nadler's May 7 Letter to McGahn's Attorney Regarding Assertion of Executive Privilege Over McGahn Documents
On Tuesday, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler sent the following letter to William Burck, who represents former White House Counsel Don McGahn, regarding the White House's assertion of ex... -
Document: Justice Department Letter to Nadler Invoking Executive Privilege Over Unredacted Mueller Report
On Wednesday, Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legislative Affairs Stephen Boyd transmitted a letter to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler notifying Nadler that the president w... -
Video: FBI Director Chris Wray Testifies Before Senate on Bureau Budget
FBI Director Christopher Wray testifed on Tuesday before the Senate Appropriations Committee about the Bureau's Fiscal 2020 budget. The questions covered a wide range of topics, including law enforcement... -
Documents: May 7 Letters Regarding Executive Privilege and McGahn Documents
On Tuesday, Pat Cipillone, the White House counsel, sent a letter to Don McGahn's attorney invoking executive privilege over documents that the White House provided to McGahn in the course of his coopera... -
Documents: Nadler Threatens Contempt Proceedings Over Mueller Redactions
House Committee on the Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler has sent a letter to the Justice Department regarding the committee's subpoena for the unredacted Mueller report and other materials, threatening co... -
Executive Privilege and Compelled Testimony of Presidential Advisers: Don McGahn's Dilemma
The release of the redacted Mueller report focused the spotlight squarely on former White House Counsel Don McGahn, whose testimony to the special counsel featured prominently in the report’s discussion ... -
Is There a Perjury Case Against Barr?
On May 2, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi made an accusation: Attorney General William Barr, she said, had lied to Congress. And the speaker emphasized: “That’s a crime.” -
Document: 2018 ODNI Statistical Transparency Report
On Tuesday, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence released its annual statistical transparency report for 2o18. The full report is available below.
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