Sentences with phrase «invoking executive privilege»

You don't do that I think by invoking executive privilege on a conversation you had apparently with nobody else in the room.»

«The president wasn't fully briefed by his lawyers on the implications» of not invoking executive privilege, Bannon told The Washington Post on Wednesday.

White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders said the president's power to invoke executive privilege is «well - established.»

White House officials, sensing growing pressure from Mueller's investigation, see Flood as someone to play hard ball with Mueller over interview and document requests, particularly those in which the president could invoke executive privilege.

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Legal experts say Trump could invoke a doctrine called executive privilege to try to stop Comey from testifying.

Executive privilege, when invoked, allows presidents to retain certain executive - branch communications, shielding them from Congress or the federal jExecutive privilege, when invoked, allows presidents to retain certain executive - branch communications, shielding them from Congress or the federal jexecutive - branch communications, shielding them from Congress or the federal judiciary.

Executive privilege can't be invoked to impede a current investigation, but across - the - board surveillance is easily excluded.