About That Special Master Ruling
The Lawfare Podcast
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Is Executive Privilege a Criminal Matter?
Biden: Critics of executive privilege are also misunderstanding the privilege. She reasoned from precedents that are special master appointments in context of attorney client privilege. This is not a disclosure to congress or disclosure to the public. It's an internal use of what are, i think, uncntestedly, government documents under the presidential records act. Thereis a line in the nixon case that she sort of sites for the purposes of giving the former president power,. but ignores for other purposes, that ays executive privilege doesn't apply against the government.
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