Biden, Trump Test Executive Privilege With Claims

Published on June 1, 2024

The 2024 election cycle has resurfaced longstanding debates over presidential power and how much independence the executive enjoys from other branches of government. Executive privilege, which refers to presidents’ withholding communications from other branches, has come under scrutiny with issues surrounding both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump. The idea behind executive privilege is that presidents should have freedom to speak with advisers without fear of retaliation over the content of their comments. George Washington University law professor W. Burlette Carter told The Epoch Times via email: “Executive privilege is designed to allow presidents the broadest freedom to speak and act in the presidency in pursuit of the public good.”...

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