Courthouse News Service

DC Circuit likely to reject Peter Navarro's contempt appeal on broad executive privilege theory

Peter Navarro, former senior trade adviser to Donald Trump, speaking outside the E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse in Washington, D.C., following his conviction ...
Reuters

Explainer - Can Trump use executive privilege to block congressional probes?

(Reuters) - Like numerous U.S. presidents before him, Donald Trump could cite the legal doctrine of "executive privilege" to try to block congressional investigators from getting access to certain ...
Des Moines Register

Experts debate: Can Gov. Kim Reynolds invoke executive privilege to deny records access?

Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds has increasingly invoked executive privilege to withhold documents requested under the state's open records law. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that presidents can keep some ...
Times Union

U.S. House committee challenging president's claim of executive privilege

WASHINGTON -- With a vote looming to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress, a House committee chairman is challenging President Barack Obama's claim of executive privilege, invoked ...