Trump follows through on threat to invoke executive privilege, defiant Cummings takes it up a notch
by Frieda Powers Just as the House Oversight and Reform Committee prepared to meet Wednesday to vote on contempt charges against Attorney General William Barr, President Trump invoked executive privilege over all the documents the panel had subpoenaed. JUST IN: President Trump has asserted executive privilege over subpoenaed documents relating to the House Oversight Cmte.’s investigation into the Trump admin.’s decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census, according to a letter sent by DOJ to Chairman Cummings. pic.twitter.com/BwvNMF04G4 — NBC News (@NBCNews) June 12, 2019 Oversight Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings informed lawmakers Wednesday that the president had moved...
by Frieda Powers Just as the House Oversight and Reform Committee prepared to meet Wednesday to vote on contempt charges against Attorney General William Barr, President Trump invoked executive privilege over all the documents the panel had subpoenaed. JUST IN: President...
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