Trump's Privilege Play: A Recipe for Secrecy and Corruption The latest assertion of executive privilege by the Trump administration serves as a stark reminder that this White House operates on a different set of rules than the rest of us.
The memo, penned by the Office of Legal Counsel (OLC), claims that conversations between the president and private advisers should be shielded from congressional scrutiny.
This brazen attempt to expand the scope of executive privilege has far reaching implications for our democracy and raises fundamental questions about accountability.