executive privilege
Coverage of executive privilege in the Nexus archive.
- DC Circuit upholds Trump adviser Peter Navarro’s contempt conviction
The DC Circuit upheld Peter Navarro's criminal conviction for refusing to provide documents or testify before a special House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. The court rejected Navarro's claim that President Trump had invoked executive privilege on his behalf, noting he asserted the privilege unilaterally without consulting Trump.
- Appeals court upholds White House adviser Peter Navarro’s contempt of Congress convictions
A federal appeals court upheld Peter Navarro’s contempt of Congress convictions for defying a subpoena related to the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. The court ruled Navarro could not prove President Donald Trump had invoked executive privilege to shield him from compliance, and Navarro had already served a four-month prison sentence for the offense.
- The Prophylactic Executive Privilege - Lawfare
The article discusses the concept of prophylactic executive privilege, which refers to the preemptive assertion of executive privilege to protect information from disclosure. This legal doctrine allows government executives to withhold certain communications and documents from public scrutiny based on claims of executive authority.