The Senate has the “sole” power to decide. ADThe issue of executive privilege feels different in some senses: the whole concept is court-invented, and thus particularly in the expertise of the judiciary, while the stakes of making bad law are higher. ADYes, except the issue still gives way to the Senate’s sole power to try impeachments. It can determine relevancy — in fact, it has the sole power to do so — and it equally can set the contours of executive privilege by majority vote. Bringing in Bolton shouldn’t lead to a significant delay.

Source: Washington Post January 27, 2020 23:48 UTC