Sentences with phrase «over executive privilege»

That could trigger a court battle over executive privilege if Trump responds by refusing to answer investigators» questions.

His background in battles over executive privilege is also likely to be one of the central lines of any legal battles with Mueller and Congress if either the House of Senate ends up in Democratic control.

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It would involve firing Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who oversees the Mueller probe, ceasing cooperation with investigators, and retroactively asserting executive privilege over the documents and interviews his team has given to Mueller since the investigation began.

«It was a strategic mistake to turn over everything without due process, and executive privilege should be exerted immediately and retroactively.»

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.

She said the tax increase is «predicated on the absurd contention that the state's most successful entrepreneurs, investors and business executives will turn over 54 cents of every dollar of their top earnings to the government for the privilege of living and working in New York state.»

[74] In that case RBS claimed privilege over documents prepared by its solicitors for the RBS Executive Steering Group (ESG), which had been established by RBS to oversee its response to various regulatory and criminal investigations into manipulation of LIBOR and other rates in the United Kingdom, United States and elsewhere.

-- Congress and the Bush administration headed for a preelection showdown Wednesday over the issue of executive privilege, with House Democrats scheduling a hearing that would put a key former administration figure under oath and the Justice Department mapping a last - ditch court appeal.