WASHINGTON - Since George Washington’s time, presidents have used executive privilege to resist congressional inquiries in the name of protecting the confidentiality of their decision-making. “With all of this transparency, we finished ‘no collusion, no obstruction,’” Trump told reporters at the White House on Friday. But starting last spring, the White House took a far more adversarial approach, publicly questioning the investigation’s integrity and resisting some requests. Article Continued BelowCourts have not had much to say about executive privilege. “In a regular administration, we expect the White House to make aggressive constitutional arguments,” Schwinn said.

Source: thestar April 27, 2019 13:40 UTC