Less than 24 hours after being sworn in as US Attorney General, Todd Blanche is already making a mockery of the law in order to shield Donald Trump.
Gee, hoocoodanode?
It’s been less than 24 hours, and freshly sworn-in Attorney General Todd Blanche has already issued entirely new legal protections for President Donald Trump.
In a memo published Monday evening, just hours after Blanche’s swearing-in ceremony, the Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel argued that the president could claim executive privilege over communication between him and his “private advisers,” provided that the communications were confidential and related to his presidential “decisionmaking.”
The memo also seemed to expand executive privilege to apply to communications between the president’s “direct advisers” and civilians.
If the Democrats take back the House of Representatives in the upcoming midterm elections, this memo could have major implications for any investigation into the president and other top administration officials. Clearly, the Trump administration is preparing to stonewall Congress.
This is a feature, not a bug.
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