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Democrats are already taking issue with how Attorney General Todd Blanche is handling his position after Blanche instituted a new policy that expands President Trump’s executive privilege. Rep. Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA), member of the House Oversight Committee, joins Alex Witt to discuss this and alarming developments around ICE.
"We have to let a president feel like he can have frank conversations with individuals and get honest feedback about running this country without the risk of being used by him and others, like what you just heard in a way that's inappropriate," Blanche said.
A new DOJ policy being implemented by new Attorney General Todd Blanche may allow President Trump’s private communications with his advisors to be shielded from investigations. Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), member of the House Judiciary and Armed Services Committees, joins Alex Witt to share her thoughts on this and more.
New concerns are surfacing over President Trump’s personal profiteering from the presidency and the Trump family’s business dealings. Former Trump White House Attorney Ty Cobb joins Alex Witt to discuss this and why a new DOJ policy protecting communication between Trump and his private advisers isn’t supported by the Constitution.
Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA), member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, joins Peter Alexander to discuss Attorney General Todd Blanche’s priorities at the DOJ, concerns over the DOJ fund meant to pay out some January 6th rioters, and more.
A new Department of Justice (DOJ) memo argues the president can assert executive privilege not just over communications with his White House staff, but also with “private advisors” outside of government, an interpretation that would broaden the number of people President Trump could try to shield from congressional investigations. The Monday opinion from the DOJ’s Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) isn’t binding but nonetheless signals the Trump administration is thinking about how to respond to an expected bevy of investigations into the White House should Democrats retake the House. Read More: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/6022381-doj-executive-privilege-outside-advisers/ #doj #departmentofjustice #politics #trump…
President Trump announced Karoline Leavitt is stepping down as White House Press Secretary at the end of the month but will still serve as his outside adviser. Her departure comes the same week that the DOJ issued a memo arguing that Trump can extend his executive privilege to cover conversations with advisers outside the White House. MS NOW Senior Legal Reporter Lisa Rubin, Writer and Editor of Protect Democracy Amanda Carpenter and former Assistant U.S. Attorney Temidayo Aganga-Williams join Alicia Menendez to discuss the exit.
The DOJ has broadened the interpretation of “executive privilege,” a statute that shields certain sensitive presidential communications from public, judicial, or congressional oversight.
