#executiveprivilege

joe•iuculano :mastodon:iuculano@masto.ai
2025-09-16

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

youtube.com/watch?v=KNZHebEBdV

John Amato reveals a crucial turning point on July 24, 1974, when the Supreme Court mandated the release of the Watergate tapes, sealing Nixon's fate. The decision emphasized that Nixon could not claim absolute executive privilege. Amato links this historic ruling to today's issues surrounding the Epstein Files, reflecting on governmental accountability and transparency. Explore the full insights in the article: crooksandliars.com/2025/07/us- #Watergate #Nixon #SupremeCourt #ExecutivePrivilege #Accountability

2024-06-20

…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 DeskNewsDesk@flipboard.social
2024-05-16

'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."

flip.it/GThbUj

#Biden #ExecutivePrivilege #USPolitics #Elections #News

2024-05-16

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.

2024-05-16

#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
washingtonpost.com/nation/2024

2024-01-25

#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.”

themessenger.com/politics/pete

2024-01-17

#Twitter, now known as #X, can still take its case to #SCOTUS. The case split the DC Circuit along partisan lines, w/ 4 Republican appointees saying #Trump should have been able to argue some of the info from X be withheld from the government.

“#Judicial disregard of #ExecutivePrivilege undermines the Presidency, not just the fmr Pres being investigated in this case,” (for twitter dms?) Judge Neomi Rao wrote for the disagreeing group.

#law #legal

2023-11-10

Steve Bannon Appeals Conviction in Jan. 6 Committee Contempt Case
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit took the case under consideration.

WASHINGTON -- Former President Donald Trump’s longtime ally Steve Bannon on Thursday appealed his criminal conviction for defying a subpoena from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 in
newsviews.online/2023/11/09/st
#Sedition #ExecutivePrivilege

2023-08-30

The #ruling on the #ExecutivePrivilege issue by Judge Amit P. Mehta was a blow to #Navarro, denying him a potentially helpful #trial #defense against 2 #misdemeanor counts of #contempt, each punishable by up to a year in #prison. #Jury selection is scheduled to begin Tues. Navarro has pleaded not guilty.

2023-08-30

A judge ruled Wed that #PeterNavarro, a #Trump White House adviser charged w/ #criminal #contempt of Congress, cannot argue to a jury that he was barred by #ExecutivePrivilege from providing #testimony & #documents to the House cmte investigating the #Jan6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.

washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/20

U.S. Politics in Real Timeuspolitics@mastodon.sdf.org
2023-08-23

Attorney: New bombshell report confirms Mark Meadows “ratted out Trump to the Feds” - Meadows quietly agreed to cooperate with prosecutors amid Trump's executive privilege fight, New York Times reports

salon.com/2023/08/22/attorney-

#Salon #MarkMeadows #Trump #Feds #ExecutivePrivilege #NewYorkTimes #Politics #News

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